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Crude oil made out of pig poo is totally going to save our bacon
One pig produces about eight pounds of manure a day. (Try not to think how many Reader’s Digests it might go through if it eliminated sitting on a toilet — you’ll just gross yourself out.) Anyway, that’s a lot of waste. But now, thanks to scientists at the University of Illinois, it might represent a […]
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Romney’s energy plan: How many times can you say ‘oil’?
Mentions of oil: 154. Mentions of climate: 0.
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SEC will require oil companies to disclose payments to foreign governments
The move, part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, should increase transparency around fossil-fuel projects overseas.
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U.S. sees worst West Nile outbreak in its history
A relatively high number of West Nile cases, particularly around Dallas, have made 2012 the worst year for the disease since it arrived in the U.S.
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We’ve already used a year’s worth of resources in 2012
Nice job sticking to your budget, humans.
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Paradise lost in Palau: Island nation fights back against climate change
Threatened by encroaching seas, the tiny island nation of Palau is taking legal action with the U.N. to hold the industrialized world accountable for damage caused by climate change.
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Man, the Mississippi River looks like HELL right now
You know how sometimes you overdo it at a party, but you don’t think it’s a big deal, until someone uploads pictures and you’re like “holy CRAP I looked like a hobo all night”? That’s probably how the Mississippi River feels right now. Sure, we all knew there was a drought and that the river […]
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Scoop: A preview of Romney’s energy plan
We managed to get our hands on Romney's energy policy a day before he will announce it.
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New clean energy plant will run on used cooking oil
In Shoreham, on the south coast of England, they’re building a clean energy plant that will operate on basically the same fuel as your biodiesel-retrofitted Jetta. The plant will burn used cooking oil, tall oil pitch (whatever that is), animal tallow, and waste vegetable oils to potentially provide as many as 20,000 Brits with power for their […]
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As New York nears fracking decision, both sides take to the airwaves
Opponents and supporters of fracking are doing battle on radio and TV along New York State's southern border.
