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The secrets drillers can hide about the fracking in your backyard
The majority of states where fracking occurs have no disclosure laws at all, and those that do exist are pretty pitiful. Check out these maps to see how your state measures up.
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Coal-generating power company in Illinois likely to file for bankruptcy
Another indicator that coal-based power systems are an endangered species.
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The world’s about to get its first entirely solar-powered country
By next week, the tiny island nation Tokelau will be the first solar-powered country in the world.
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Use of dispersants at BP spill may have wiped out middle of the Gulf food web
Dispersants have been shown to kill plankton, a critical part of the food web. The impacts of this may not be known for years.
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Let the games begin: The rush for resources in Greenland
With signs of fast ice melt on the island, Europe is racing to figure out who gets what.
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Talking climate change with the old-timers on the back roads of New England
The Slow Ride Stories gang talks about hot times with a roadside hot dog vendor, then teaches us a thing or two about the hot rod they're traveling on -- a classic Royal Enfield motorcycle.
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The House will use the last few hours before summer break to undermine the Clean Air Act
Because they're smart and they love America and if you think that reducing pollution is "cool" then you might as well go to Canada the end.
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Storms are bigger, wetter, and more frequent than 60 years ago
See if you can guess why.
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The most important clean-energy vote this year is in Michigan
Michigan's modest renewable energy standards led to more economic growth, jobs, pollution-free energy, and pride. Now voters' decision to expand it (or not) will reverberate in other states.
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These weird spinning ice disks are the new crop circles
Check out this strange international phenomenon.
