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A spill of fracked oil from a pipeline was discovered two weeks ago, but we're only just learning about it.
The killers: Cheaper alternatives, dropping demand, and rising costs of generating electricity with dirty coal.
The EPA has lowered the amount of biofuels required to be blended into gasoline. That's a good thing, even though it makes oil companies happy.
Here's a bullet-point summation of what Nathanael Johnson learned about GMOs in 2013.
Now energetic kids in rural Ghana can charge up LED lanterns by playing, so they can study at night.
Green may actually be the result of the recessive gene.
New York's Fire Island lost more than half of its shoreline sand and sand dunes to the mega-hurricane, leaving the tourist mecca vulnerable to further storm surges.
Genetically engineered crops are supposed to make it easier for farmers to protect the earth by plowing less. But the record is spotty.
It's hard for companies to stake their success on radical innovation.
