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The three anti-environmental bills that are wasting Congress’ time
House Republicans, joined by a handful of Democrats, have passed three egregious dirty-energy-promoting bills. But don't worry, they won't become law.
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Your Splenda habit is bad for the earth
We pee out 90 percent of sucralose, and then it just hangs out in wastewater. NOT GOOD.
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At U.N. climate talks in Warsaw, hunger games get serious
Fed up, young delegates to the U.N.'s famously ineffectual annual conclave push for more aid to countries inundated by climate disasters.
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You can’t ignore the smog in China
The one embarrassing problem China is taking seriously.
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Warsaw walkout: Big green groups bail on U.N. climate talks
For the first time ever, environmental groups have staged a mass walkout of a U.N. climate summit.
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Ask Umbra: Are my newfangled lightbulbs making my house cold?
A reader wonders if those old, inefficient incandescents were actually keeping his flat toasty. Umbra sheds a little light on the subject.
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How one small community is going big on solar
The Farmers Electric Co-op in Iowa is gearing up to build the state's biggest solar array. “It keeps our money local,” says the co-op manager.
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Nuclear industry scores a big win, but still no solution for nuclear waste
The feds have been ordered to stop collecting $750 million in annual fees for a nuclear waste dump. That's because they have no plans to build a nuclear waste dump.
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Super Euros: Top 10 climate-change-fighting countries are all in Europe
The U.S. is No. 40 on a new list that ranks nations by how much they're doing to stave off global warming.
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These works of art are made out of dead bees
Artist Sarah Hatton collects dead bees, but we promise it's not some sick weird thing.
