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Hope for the unemployed: Fukushima exec lands new gig
One, we might add, that may bode poorly for Japan's currently oil-free coastlines.
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Coal companies routinely win ‘competitive bids’ against no competition
These government-run auctions have cost taxpayers almost a billion dollars a year over the past three decades.
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How Peabody gets dirt-cheap land and the rest of us get a gigaton of carbon pollution
In the Bureau of Land Management's corrupt coal-leasing program, taxpayer-owned land is leased at "auctions" where companies like Peabody are often the only bidder.
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Your iPad is costing you (a tiny bit) more than you think
Research indicates that the cost of charging your iPad over the course of a year runs a whopping... $1.36.
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General public still unaware of what fracking is — much less its impacts
A survey from the University of Texas indicates that nearly two-thirds of Americans aren't familiar with fracking – even as anecdotes about negative effects pile up.
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The best pun about wind energy, you’re welcome
This made me laugh way, way harder than it should.
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Will the Senate make you inhale mercury? We find out today
The Senate is set to vote on a new regulation from the EPA. What does it all mean? We answer your questions.
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Which is scarier: A drone overhead or an unregulated dump next door?
If you chose (b), You might want to move more than 100 miles from the U.S. border.
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Miner fired for whistleblowing gets his job back
A court found that Arch Coal had discriminated against Charles Scott Howard for his work exposing the company's safety issues.
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Columnist: Millions for coal and oil, but not one more penny for clean energy
The Washington Post's Charles Lane argues we should abandon clean energy investment and cede that industry to China.
