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Enviros give a thumbs-up to Obama’s new climate chief
Dan Utech, a D.C. insider and former Hillary Clinton aide, has been promoted to become the president's top climate and energy adviser, replacing Heather Zichal.
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Train loaded with oil derails, explodes, pollutes Alabama wetlands
A 90-car train carrying fracked oil from North Dakota went off the rails into a marsh, making a big ol' mess.
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Everybody managed to not get killed during the first five months of New York’s bikeshare
Doomsayers predicted helmetless tourists careening into taxis, but so far there have been no deaths on or caused by Citi Bikes.
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Look what’s slowing down global warming
It's us! Turns out temperatures would be higher if not for a 1987 pact to slash CFCs.
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Texas attorney general is going to great lengths to water his lawn during drought
Note: There's a terrible, terrible drought going on in Texas.
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Home Depot will trade in your energy-wasting Christmas lights for LEDs
But only for the next few days.
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Tell the FDA what you really think about its new food safety rules
How well do the new regulations balance helping small farmers with protecting our food supply from nasty bugs? Now's your chance to weigh in.
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Someone left 423 protected tortoises on a baggage carousel in Thailand
Authorities found two "unusually heavy bags" abandoned on the baggage carousel.
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Philippines blames climate change for monster typhoon
As U.N. climate talks begin in Warsaw, officials from the Philippines are demanding that the world act to fight climate change -- and that rich countries pay their fair share.
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Bacon deodorant extends the bacon trend beyond the bounds of tolerability
Wasn’t bacon over like several years ago? Why can't we smell like kale instead?
