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Oil barge crashes into gas pipeline in Louisiana, triggers big fire
A tugboat captain was among those injured after an oil barge crashed into a natural-gas pipeline south of New Orleans.
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A new board game where kids rescue polar bears from real, melting ice
Meltdown comes with a special ice cube tray, so you can rescue polar bear game pieces from a tabletop-sized melting Arctic.
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Make your clothes last longer by coating them in flame-retardant fish sperm
Fish sperm makes a good flame retardant. It's also really great for mixing with fish eggs to make more fish to make more fish sperm.
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Could Waxman’s new bill offer fresh hope for a carbon tax?
Waxman and several other Democratic lawmakers are grinding out bills that would make polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Another George Bush runs for office in Texas, talks up oil and gas drilling
George Prescott Bush, son of Jeb Bush, has kicked off a campaign to run for Texas land commissioner next year. Drill, baby Bush, drill!
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The new SimCity: Green urbanist dream, gamer nightmare
Launched last week, the new game has been plagued by technical problems and claims that it has a secret green agenda.
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Catch shares help corporations more than fish populations
The system of transferable fishing quotas has been bad news for small-scale operations, and it might not be helping fish much either.
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Solar power set to shine in 2013
New solar generation capacity will increase about 14 percent this year, thanks to high demand in the U.S., Japan, and especially China.
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Mississippi poised to pass ‘Anti-Bloomberg’ bill banning healthy food regs
The bill would bar local governments from enforcing calorie counts, portion restrictions, or other food reforms at restaurants.
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Corn free: Cutting back on our dominant crop is easier said than done
The USDA tells farmers to decrease their risk by diversifying their crops. But when subsidies make corn so profitable, it's an uphill battle to change planting habits.
