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Fracking wastewater disposal triggered more than 100 earthquakes in Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio, had never experienced a recorded earthquake. Then frackers started pumping wastewater into the ground at a single injection well, and things got crazy.
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![President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt participate in a joint press conference at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 4, 2013.]()
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On clean energy, Obama thinks we should Sweden the deal
At a press conference with Sweden Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, President Obama was asked what the U.S. could learn from Sweden. His first thought was sustainable energy development.
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Oil refiners don’t care about Keystone XL anymore
Canadian oil companies still desperately want the Keystone XL pipeline, but U.S. oil refiners don’t much care whether the damned thing ever gets built.
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Will the U.S. and New Zealand cave on plans for the world’s biggest marine reserve?
Russia doesn't like a proposal to protect 890,000 square miles of Antarctic waters, so New Zealand is looking to scale it back. What will the U.S. do?
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“The O.C.” star Mischa Barton will fight zombies spawned by fracking
You remember her as a troubled Southern California teen. Now you know what troubles her? FRACKING.
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Chile just got really good at creating drinking water from fog
"How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?" THIS is how, Sound of Music nuns!
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Cockatoos are smarter than your baby
Kids up to four years old must bow before the mental prowess of the humble cockatoo. The war against our avian overlords is coming.
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Facebook bans pictures of boobies
No red-footed boobies, no brown boobies, no Abbott's boobies ...
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Fracking fights spread to Europe
European leaders want to use fracking to emulate America's oil and gas boom. European citizens are not so happy about that idea.
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Turn pay phones into chargers for electric vehicles
New York City is trying to figure out what to do with its now-useless public pay phones.
