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A tragicomic tale of coal industry incompetence and disregard
Watch, as the operators of the Reid Gardner coal plant in Nevada are asked about coal ash and reveal astonishing levels of both insensitivity and incompetence.
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GOP tries to block black-lung protections. Big Tobacco would be proud
As always, Big Tobacco leads the way in developing innovative arguments about why their profits are more important than the people they kill.
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Chevron announces plans to begin drilling in a free Iraq
Somewhere, George W. Bush breathes a sigh of relief.
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Why do ‘experts’ always lowball clean-energy projections?
Renewable energy evolves quickly and is hard to quantify, but experts' predictions last decade were way off. It makes you wonder what today's projections will look like in 2020.
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U.S. Navy unveils its ‘great green fleet’ with some red-white-and-blue machismo
Exercises near Hawaii reveal that the U.S. Navy is committed to both biofuels and zingers.
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Nefarious forces hampering Shell’s Arctic drilling include air, water, ice
First, a ship almost runs aground. Then, the EPA's air pollution standards are a hassle. Now, the company might not get its drilling permits in time. Can't Shell catch a break?
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Power play: Can utilities turn energy efficiency into fun and games?
Utilities are taking a page from Angry Birds and "gamifying" power consumption with a host of software and social tools. Conserving energy now brings high scores and badges -- along with money saved for the consumer and a smarter, safer grid for everyone.
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Japanese stage mass protest against nuclear power
One month after a damning report blaming human error for the Fukushima disaster, as many as 100,000 Japanese protest restarting use of nuclear.
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Teenage Afghan whistleblower has a lot to teach us about mine safety
The coal industry is dirty, dangerous, and not going anywhere for a while. At the very least, it could be safer -- but it's up to us to see that it is.
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