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Can we finally make gasoline out of corncobs?
Maybe we really will drive corn-powered cars someday
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Fracking produces tons of radioactive waste. What should we do with it?
States are struggling to deal with the potentially dangerous drilling byproducts that are being dumped in landfills throughout the Marcellus Shale.
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No peaches or apricots? Blame the Northeast’s warm, wacky winter.
El Niño has made life less peachy for stone fruits.
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Is this giant chasm in Siberia a portal to the underworld? You decide!
The "door to the underworld" is what happens when permafrost in Siberia thaws dramatically.
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One-fifth of the country is about to get broiled
Temperatures could get as high as 120 degrees F -- and it’s only June.
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![Actor Mark Ruffalo speaks during a protest against hydraulic fracturing outside the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York November 30, 2011.]()
![Actor Mark Ruffalo speaks during a protest against hydraulic fracturing outside the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York November 30, 2011.]()
Can the Hulk convince the DNC to call for a fracking ban?
If Mark Ruffalo can’t do it, no one can.
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Plants have an immune system, too. It’s called soil.
The more microbes, the merrier.
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Fight over Grand Canyon pits Native Americans against John McCain
What’s the Grand Old Party got against the Grand Canyon?
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Antarctica, most remote place on Earth, just hit a scary CO2 milestone
The South Pole is the last place to detect 400 ppm of carbon dioxide in the air.
