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Legal hemp could rise high like a phoenix from farm bill ashes
An industrial hemp amendment died with the rest of the farm bill, but legislators are looking at other options.
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Giant, oil-belching sinkhole dooms more than 100 homes in Louisiana
The 15-acre sinkhole was caused by the collapse of a salt mine that served the petrochemical industry.
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Study says tar-sands oil not more likely to leak; activists fault study
Enviros criticized the methodology and scope of a study that found tar-sands pipelines to be just as safe as regular oil pipelines.
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David Letterman doesn’t get why Tim DeChristopher went to prison for “a prank”
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher yuks it up with David Letterman over climate change and civil disobedience.
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After mass bumblebee die-off, activists call for new pesticide rules
The number of bumblebees killed by a pesticide application in Oregon has risen to 50,000, and nature lovers are calling for stronger regulation of neonicotinoid insecticides.
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Here is the Batman theme sung by actual bats
Da na na na na na na na BAT SOUNDS!
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Record-breaking Volkswagen is more fuel-efficient than your hybrid
Do YOU get 78 miles to the gallon? Didn't think so.
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The coal industry’s desperate PR efforts: old, lame, and ineffective
Among the highlights of President Obama’s climate change speech was an explicit recognition that polluting industries and the members of Congress who do their bidding will oppose climate action with the same talking points they have used for decades to try and block clean air standards. Now, what you will hear from the special interests and […]
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Oregon residents are planning a funeral to memorialize dead bees
As if bees don't have enough problems, tens of thousands were just massacred in Wilsonville, Ore., after a few trees were sprayed with the bee-killing pesticide Safari.
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Crazy ants will break your air conditioner
They don't build nests of their own -- they're too wild and crazy to settle down like that! Instead, they swarm in whatever is available -- often electronics, like A/Cs.
