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Is genetic engineering a doomed effort to reinvent nature’s wheel?
Much GMO research is just walking roads that evolution already tried. Is gene-splicing a dead end and should scientists just move on?
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Northeast states pissed at Midwest states over coal pollution
Eight governors from the Northeast are asking the EPA to crack down. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is gearing up to hear a big air-pollution case.
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Feds will let wind farms kill eagles for 30 years
Wind energy companies will be able to get 30-year "take" permits for eagles if they implement “advanced conservation practices” to help protect birds.
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College cops embrace solar, will now bust up parties sustainably
It wouldn't be a true college story unless somebody started smoking. Or, in this case, someTHING.
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Bill Nye and his bowtie want to find life on other planets
Bill Nye the Science Guy wants Obama to dedicate $1.5 billion to space exploration. Aliens make people happy!
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These stunning nature photos blend faces and trees
Finnish photographer Christoffer Relander's work expresses that by harming nature, we’re really harming ourselves.
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Ask Umbra: What’s the greenest way to keep my teeth white?
A reader frets that there are no eco-friendly toothpaste options. Umbra bristles at the suggestion.
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Why Congress needs to extend the wind energy tax credit
Tax credits are a market-distorting, inefficient way of making policy, but with fossil fuels getting reams of subsidies, wind needs a little help to compete.
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Legalize pot, save a lot of energy
To be blunt: Indoor marijuana cultivation accounts for 1 percent of all U.S. electricity usage. But legalization would help weed go solar.
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American Petroleum Institute poll on American energy jobs apparently outsourced to the Philippines
And then the call was interrupted by an earthquake.
