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Tar-sands oil could be coming soon to New England
But a small citizens group in Maine is pushing a ballot initiative that could undermine ExxonMobil and Enbridge's pipeline plan.
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Ask Umbra: Which carbon-offset programs are best?
A reader wants to atone for sins against the climate. Umbra helps her avoid a little fire and brimstone.
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How cities invent parking quotas, in 71 animated seconds
This short cartoon shows how cities make up parking requirements from junk science.
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Cut up your six-pack rings or seagulls will cut you
If you once accidentally discarded a set of six-pack rings and worried about strangling a turtle, you should be afraid for your own hide instead.
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Monsanto ponies up and Big Ag pulls ahead in GMO labeling horse race
DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto drop late-breaking millions into the campaign against a Washington state ballot initiative to label GMOs.
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America warming up to new hydropower
The Obama administration is pushing to install hydropower plants at existing dams, which could boost U.S. hydropower capacity by 15 percent.
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Photos and videos from dramatic flash floods in Colorado
Six inches of rain fell in 12 hours on Wednesday night in parts of Boulder County.
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Deadly 1,000-year floods strike Colorado
Flooding centered in Boulder, Colo., is so extreme that the National Weather Service called it "biblical." And it's just the latest climate-related disaster to strike the region.
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Senate stupidity stalls action on bipartisan energy-efficiency bill
The Shaheen-Portman bill, which has wide support, is being derailed by amendments on Keystone XL, Obamacare, and EPA power-plant regulations.
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The week in GIFs: Old farmers, old actors, old schools
Like a fine wine, this week's been full of sulfites.
