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How long did the North Dakota oil spill remain undetected?
20,600 barrels of crude oil spilled from a six inch pipeline owned and operated by Tesoro Logistics, according to the company, spreading over 7 acres of a North Dakota wheat field until a farmer discovered it on September 29. But information about this major spill wasn’t made public for another 11 days – and only […]
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Venice has a grand plan to protect itself from rising seas
In a decade-long, $7 billion effort, Venice is building 78 flood barriers to help keep itself dry. The first four just passed a crucial test.
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Watch: Drought-hardy barley could save your beer
In Germany, scientists are trying to engineer drought-resistant barley to help prevent famines (and keep Oktoberfest's beer supply flowing).
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Lagoons filled with toxic water coming to Ohio’s fracklands
Football-field-sized pits of fracking wastewater already taint the landscapes of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Looks like Ohio will be next.
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Wisconsin’s sand-mining boom could fuel fracking abroad
Wisconsin has just the right kind of sand for fracking, and industry wants to ship it around the world. But sand mining takes a serious environmental toll.
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Elephants understand what it means when you point at stuff
Yet another reason elephants are flipping amazing.
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While EPA is furloughed, Republicans hold hearing to bash it
With the fed closed and a debt crisis looming, House Republicans still manage to hold a hearing on the real threat to the economy: the job-killing EPA.
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The Plaza Hotel thinks NYC’s bike share is an “eyesore”
The storied hotel is suing New York City and Citibank for having the audacity to install a bike share station across the street.
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Roundup-ready, aim, spray: How GM crops lead to herbicide addiction
Herbicide-resistant crops make it easy for farmers to rely on hefty quantities of weedkiller. Then the weeds evolve, and we have to up the ante.
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Building a Culture of Mass Resistance to Climate Disruption
Without question, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an organization essential to the Southern-based civil rights movement of the 1960’s. If SNCC had not come forward, that movement never would have won the victories that it did. SNCC was youth-based and youth-led. It was the most uncompromising, most risk-taking, most participatory and democratic and […]
