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This Democratic coal baron wants to be the next governor of West Virginia
Jim Justice, owner of the largest privately held coal company east of the Mississippi, certainly won't be joining the so-called "war on coal."
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Big Oil tries to rebrand itself as Big Gas
... and throw Big Coal under the bus.
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Why this deforestation pledge is huge news for the Indonesian rainforest
A multinational pulp and paper giant joins the rest of the corporate world in committing to end the destruction of Indonesia's rainforest.
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In Seattle, the rent is too damn high
Tech booms, bad government, and money-hungry developers: Inside Seattle's insane housing market, and how it got that way.
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What’s behind the mysterious mass slayings of 320,000 chickens?
If this true crime story doesn't make you mad about the U.S. poultry industry, nothing will.
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Could we fight climate change with bitcoin? This guys thinks so
James D'Angelo wants to launch a global, government-free cap-and-trade system using bitcoin.
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Does hydropower make sense in a warming world?
Thanks to climate change, dams are a less reliable source of electricity, but a lot more of them are getting built anyway.
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Walmart spews a huge amount of climate pollution with its shipping, but doesn’t report any of it
That could change if shareholders adopt a proposed resolution this Friday. It would require Walmart to report and reduce shipping emissions.
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Did John Oliver just shake and bake the poultry industry?
Apparently, if you want something fixed, get John Oliver to tackle it.
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Rare-earth mining in Chile could make China look bad
A greener process for extracting rare-earth elements could mean higher prices but clearer consciences for tech manufacturers.