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Promised Land, a movie review
Promised Land, the new movie starring Matt Damon, is a movie in part about fracking, the new and extremely problematic way of getting natural gas out of shale rock far below the earth’s surface. It’s a very good movie, with good acting, particularly by Damon in a very different role than, for example, his Jason […]
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League of Women Voters ad asks Obama for climate action
Here's hoping the president reads the newspaper while on vacation.
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The bizarre and fascinating history of lead in gasoline
The story of how lead got in gasoline -- and stayed there for decades -- is endlessly fascinating.
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The next space shuttle could be made out of trash
Researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center have devised a trash compactor that turns waste into 8-inch radiation-shielding tiles.
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GMO labeling initiative gets rolling in Washington state
A similar ballot measure was killed in California last year. Can a grassroots effort defeat big corporate money this time around?
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A ‘fusion’ of good news: Solar stocks are ‘hot’ thanks to Warren Buffett’s ‘flare’
A subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has paid $2.5 billion for one of the world's largest solar projects. The solar industry rejoices.
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Don’t like burgers? Maybe you’d prefer eating the moon or a vampire
Fat & Furious Burger kind of elevates the burger above a mere food item and turns it into more of an artistic genre.
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Climate change may ruin Lake Tahoe’s beautiful blueness
Not to mention the area's ski resorts.
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Chevron’s own firefighters might have contributed to Richmond refinery fire
After one pipe exploded, Chevron's firefighters might have accidentally triggered the explosion of another one.
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Here’s an airport entirely filled with cars wrecked in Hurricane Sandy
After Hurricane Sandy, Insurance Auto Auctions Corp. found itself with an overload of damaged cars. The company had to store them somewhere.
