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Ask Umbra: What’s in a label?
Who decides what's "natural" and what's "eco-friendly"? Umbra peels back the latest on the labeling debate.
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Mitt Romney’s winners and losers
Romney claims government shouldn't pick "winners and losers" in the energy sector, but it's been picking winners for decades -- the wrong winners. Sen. Bernie Sanders explains.
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Almost $11 million spent on Solyndra attack ads — but voters aren’t buying it
Special interest groups spent close to $11 million since April on ads attacking Solyndra and clean-energy loans. But polls show most voters still don't know about the company or are indifferent.
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Rooting for root vegetables: The perfect recipes for fall and winter
Here are three hearty recipes from a new cookbook dedicated entirely to root vegetables. Trust us, it's better than it sounds.
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Is ExxonMobil trying to pipe tar-sands oil through New England?
Enviro groups have gathered evidence suggesting that big oil interests want to send tar-sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to Portland, Maine.
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Obama admin lays out welcome mat for big solar projects in the West
Six Western states could soon see new commercial-scale solar projects on public land, thanks to a plan from the Interior Department.
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Here is a turtle that pees through its mouth
Suddenly being a turtle doesn't sound all that great.
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Kellogg’s recalls 3 freakin’ million boxes of Mini Wheats
Man, you try to curb food waste, and then some big company gets metal fragments in three million boxes of cereal and has to throw them away.
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Norway to double carbon tax on oil industry, use money to help world
Norway is raising its carbon tax and setting up a $1.6 billion fund to help developing countries cope with climate change. Only in Scandinavia!
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Anti-coal movement scores powerful new allies: Tribes
Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest are joining with environmental activists to fight coal export terminals in Oregon and Washington.
