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Solar-powered lasers could save us from asteroids
There are a few key facts to know about Earth being potentially hit by an asteroid, which could happen in about 25 years (so yes, if you’re reading this, you will probably be alive to see it): It’s best to try not being a dinosaur. Bruce Willis will save you. Robert Duvall won’t. And our […]
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Big mystery: U.S. oil production hits 14-year high, gas prices not at 14-year low
We're as puzzled as you are. It's almost like the argument that drilling more will lower gas prices is totally wrong.
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Romney energy advisor on oil subsidies: Four more years!
Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm will make the case for preserving hand-outs to Big Oil. But is he speaking for himself, or for the campaign?
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Estimates of Michigan’s Enbridge spill were way (way) too low
It's almost impossible to know how much oil spilled into the Kalamazoo River in 2010. One thing we can know: It was more than Enbridge reported.
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A report from inside the Shell ‘oil spill’ party prank
It took Grist a hot second to figure out that this too-ironic-to-be-true video of a Shell party gone wrong was a prank. The concept, though, is brilliant — an “oil derrick” on a cake started “spilling” liquid all over the assembled guests. Pulling it off wasn’t easy, or cheap. Salon has dishy details from a […]
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Pennsylvania gives Shell a sweet, crude deal
In order to convince the oil giant to open an ethane plant in the state Pennsylvania sweetens the pot with 1.65 billion pounds of sugar.
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Protests temporarily delay opening Alabama forests to drilling
Key word there: temporarily.
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Conspiracy of the day: American nonprofits oppose Canadian tar sands
Why on Earth would Americans care about environmental harm occurring in Canada? Obviously because they're up to something.
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North Dakota’s fossil fuel boom: Messy
A report from ProPublica reveals that the state's booming economy has resulted in tens of thousands of gallons of spilled oil and wastewater.
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What’s really funny: Taking the oil industry’s word on its job creation
If you've seen the video lampooning what counts as a green job, consider this: what does the industry count in its job numbers? They'll never tell.
