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Great news: The world is on the brink of a massive boom in oil production
You can't spell "dystopia" without O-Y.
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Global food prices spike as stockpiles fall — and rain doesn’t
The impacts of the U.S. drought have begun to spread globally, thanks in large part to soaring corn prices.
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As Obama runs toward the coal industry, it keeps running away
In the Bizarro world of the 2012 election, a Democrat attacks his Republican opponent for wanting to undermine the coal industry. What?
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Chevron refinery explosion reminds us that fossil fuels are killers
In the aftermath of the refinery explosion in Richmond, Calif., this week, one nearby resident reflects on how our energy system is deadly -- even when it is working exactly as it should.
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More fracking, more wastewater, more spills
Wastewater injection wells can leak in multiple ways -- injection into the ground being the most risky.
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San Diego is seeing record numbers of weird black jellyfish
This black jellyfish (which looks a no-more-comforting blood red in this lighting, but black in the open water) can grow to the size of a trash can lid, and its sting packs a serious wallop. Normally these guys are a rare sight around the waters of San Diego; before this decade, they were spotted only […]
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July 2012, the hottest month ever, in five charts
Hope you like the color red.
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The U.S. keeps passing more and more renewable energy milestones
More renewables in California, more solar at Walmart, and more wind power everywhere.
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Smart Minnesota public utility smartly votes to shutter coal plant
The increasing cost of coal -- both as a fuel source and as a pollutant -- prompts Rochester's public utility to shut its plant.
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Watch a teenager’s stunning video of the Manila floods
Farbod Kasiri took this video out the window of his 31st-floor apartment, to show his Canadian friend why classes are canceled in the Philippines. Featured: streets like rivers, submerged buses, and cars with only their roofs emerging from the water.
