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New York might allow public input on fracking study; Yoko doesn’t wait
And if the governor doesn't allow public comment, all you have to do is be famous and release a YouTube video. Done and done.
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This cooking pot charges your gadgets while heating your soup
The PowerPot charges your phone while you cook. Because let's face it. Without your phone, you are nothing.
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Here’s the depressing reality of train travel in America
It's no secret that the Northeast Corridor line is the system's most popular, but you can get a sense of how much more used it is than any other bit of the system.
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Ohio revokes drilling license of company caught dumping fracking fluid in the sewer
When there's a lot of money to be made, a lot of people of varying commitment to ethical behavior will show up.
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Beer brewers are joining forces to fight fracking
New York craft breweries are worried that fracking could pollute their water and threaten beer production -- so they're speaking out.
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Lessons from the women who are leading the sustainable cities movement
Grist’s assistant editor, Darby Minow Smith, looks back at more than a dozen interviews with urban sustainability directors and reflects on what they -- and all of you -- taught her.
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Renewables cheaper than coal in Australia — a preview of things to come
"The perception that fossil fuels are cheap and renewables are expensive is now out of date," says the head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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Congress takes a big hit of hemp-farm legalization
A bill introduced in the U.S. House this week would legalize the farming of industrial hemp, and a Senate bill will soon follow.
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Outgoing energy secretary denies lurid allegations from prominent news outlet
Steven Chu was forced to rebut allegations of an extramarital affair on Facebook.
