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Earthquakes shake Texas town on Thanksgiving, and fracking might be to blame
There have been more than a dozen earthquakes in and around the small Texan city of Azle recently, and a scientist says fracking practices could be the cause.
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Obama admin is going to be awfully busy with new environmental regulations
A new White House document lists federal rules that are in the works, and there are a lot, including regs on power-plant emissions and fracking.
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Of monarchs and milkweeds: How one species’ pest is another’s repast
Monarch butterfly caterpillars eat only milkweed -- but milkweed is disappearing, thanks to the weed-killing chemicals that power Big Ag.
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Al Gore is a vegan now — and we think we know why
Hint: It has four legs and might be contributing as much to climate change as all our cars and trucks combined.
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Huge pipeline accidents cause spills, kill dozens in China
Pipeline accidents are on the rise in China as refineries boost their capacity to fuel the nation's growth.
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Scaring polar bears in order to save them
A small town in Canada gets a lot of traffic from hungry polar bears -- which is bad news for humans and bears alike. To keep them away, bears need to learn to fear humans.
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Proud moment: The U.S. is no longer the world’s biggest jerk on climate change
The planet's largest historical greenhouse gas polluter walked away from the U.N. climate talks looking a little better than in years past -- mainly because others behaved so badly.
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Bid adieu to South Carolina’s drowning shorelines
About 1,200 acres of coastal land has disappeared from four South Carolina islands over the past 25 years, thanks to rising seas and erosion.
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New Zealand rejects climate refugee asylum bid
A New Zealand court turns away a resident of low-lying Kiribati, saying environmental woes aren't sufficient for him to qualify as a refugee.
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Last-minute settlement spares key environmental justice standard
A housing discrimination suit will not get its day in the Supreme Court -- and that is probably a good thing for civil rights.