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The ExxonMobil refinery that exploded in L.A. last year is up and running again
The plant whose explosion injured four workers, rained chemical ash, and registered on the Richter scale restarted its refinery this week.
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Obama’s latest climate move: Cracking down on methane from fracking
The EPA has just finalized rules that will limit methane pollution for the first time ever.
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Listen to this relaxing jam on a sunny afternoon
Watch Sam Cohen perform a tune from last year's Pickathon music festival.
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Don’t look now, but the oil industry miiiight be poisoning your food
Some of the food you eat is probably irrigated with reused water from the oil industry. Bon appetit!
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Amid fire evacuations, Alberta oil production restarts
Companies are flying in workers to staff oil operations — because thousands of local workers have had to leave their homes.
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Climatarian, vegavore, reducetarian: Why we have so many words for cutting back on meat
These new words reflect a shift in our understanding of what food choices mean.
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Will Uber and Lyft learn anything from their defeat in Austin?
If the ride-hailing companies are smart, they'll start to work with local governments instead of trying to bully them into submission.
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Congo’s rare mountain gorillas can’t catch a break
The endangered mountain gorilla is threatened by Big Oil’s interest in Virunga.
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Keystone pipeline still a pain in nation’s butt
Pipeline boosters just won’t give up. Now they've joined a lawsuit arguing that Obama shouldn’t have rejected Keystone.
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Even with the Arctic out, offshore drilling isn’t slowing down
The Gulf of Mexico is a goldmine for offshore oil.