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Green group buys up Wyoming oil leases to stop drilling
The Trust for Public Land has struck a deal to buy $8.75 million worth of oil and gas leases, to make sure the oil and gas don't get drilled.
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More jobs lost as wind tax credit nears expiration. Congress, you listening?
A ball-bearing manufacturer in South Carolina announces plans to close a plant, thanks to GOP unwillingness to extend a key wind tax credit.
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Bet you never knew ice could make this sound
The Russian percussion group Ethnobeat has turned Lake Baikal, the world's oldest lake, into a 12,000-square-mile drum kit.
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Texas grandmother arrested for trespassing on her own land to protest Keystone
TransCanada seized a 78-year-old woman's land for its tar-sands pipeline, and she got arrested for protesting. TransCanada blames "out-of-state activists."
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Chicago pot farm takes urban agriculture to its logical conclusion
It's local, it's thriving, and -- oh, yeah -- it can get you high.
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Scientists create digital watch powered by cyborg lobsters
We are not making this up: that is what scientists at Clarkson University and the University of Vermont College of Medicine call them.
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With fuel prices spiking in southern California, gas stations close up shop
Only temporarily mind you. And there's additional bad news for jet owners.
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Manhunt for woman who rode a manatee finally comes to an end
A woman in Florida tried to ride a manatee and people were pissed. Lots of them took photos of her so she had no choice but to turn herself in.
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GMOs, pesticides, and the new scientific deadlock
A new study says GMO crops have led farmers to use 400 million more pounds of pesticide than they would have otherwise. Here's how to interpret the science -- and the critique.
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Flagstaff sustainability chief Nicole Woodman keeps a cool head as temperatures rise
It’s one thing to paint the town green if you live in left-leaning, eco-conscious climes. It’s another story altogether if you live in Arizona.
