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EPA tells Ohio to stop keeping fracking secrets from first responders
Ohio lets energy companies keep emergency-management officials in the dark about the fracking chemicals they use. The EPA says that has to stop.
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Anthony Foxx, transit booster, confirmed as transportation secretary
The mayor of Charlotte, N.C., was confirmed with a unanimous Senate vote.
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L.A. launches nation’s largest solar rooftop program
The program will pay residents for excess solar power they produce on their roofs, with the aim of generating enough to power 30,000 homes.
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This might be the prettiest photo of Earth from space we’ve ever seen
A photo by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano looks like a work of abstract art.
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This hugely popular national park doesn’t actually exist
Skunk River National Park has 17,000 Twitter fans, but no park.
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The significance of Obama’s cryptic Keystone comments
The president's comments about the Keystone XL pipeline don't necessarily mean he'll reject (or approve) it. But they might reveal a radical way of thinking about infrastructure in an age of climate change.
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“Moose Sex Project” gives Canadian moose a red-light district
Nova Scotia moose are dying off, so an old guy donated some land for them to get jiggy.
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Beyond gut instinct: A manifesto for clean eating and clear thinking
How a child of hippies, born into the cult of organic, fell for science's ability to separate plausible from crazy: Grist's new food writer introduces himself.
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Republicans say Obama’s climate plan is a war on America
And at least one coal-loving Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, agrees.
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1 in 4 rush hour vehicles in London is a bicycle
London isn't Amsterdam -- yet.
