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Oil trains and terminals could be coming to the Northwest
Plans are afoot to build the region's biggest oil shipping terminal in Vancouver, Wash. -- and that's just one of many proposals for moving more oil through the Northwest by rail and ship.
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What’s up with Gina McCarthy’s nomination to head the EPA?
Obama nominated her four months ago, but Republicans have been holding up the process. Might they finally be ready to let it proceed?
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Oregon bans some insecticides following bee deaths
After 50,000 bumblebees were wiped out by pesticide spraying, Oregon decided to outlaw use of the offending products for six months.
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U.S. will help electrify Africa, but will the energy be clean or dirty?
President Obama has launched a new Power Africa initiative to bring more electricity to the continent, but the details are fuzzy.
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Conservatives seek alternatives to climate denialism, come up short
Some conservatives are budging a bit on climate, despite fierce resistance from their base. But they've got a long way to go before they've really internalized the problem and its implications for their ideology.
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This is what global warming sounds like when converted to music
A University of Minnesota student converted global temperature data into a cello arrangement. It doesn't make for a very beautiful song, but it's a beautiful bit of science communication.
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Floating pool in NYC’s East River is simultaneously cool and stupid
Haven't you always wanted to swim in a pool that's in a river? It's like the turducken of summer.
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Attention rich people who want to waste fuel: Uber will be offering helicopter rides to the Hamptons
For one day, fancy machers with beach homes will be able to summon a car that will drive to a helicopter that will take off and land in East Hampton.
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After you die, your remains can help save a coral reef
It makes at least as much sense as burying a person in the ground and putting a stone on top.
