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Oil trains have 3 more years to explode, thanks to weak Obama rule
New rules for oil trains aren't nearly strict enough to prevent disastrous explosions. The most dangerous cars can keep rolling until 2018.
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California has a real water market — but it’s not exactly liquid
Farmers are buying and selling water up and down the Golden State, and that helps cut waste. If we streamlined and modernized the system, it could do even more.
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Elon Musk unveils fancy new Tesla battery — ’cause existing batteries “suck”
The billionaire inventor and entrepreneur wants to bring solar power to the masses.
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Say g’day to Australia’s awesome new solar plant
Australia combines two of our favorite things: Solar power and wastewater treatment facilities.
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The latest in GMO panic: Human engineering
We have some good and some bad reasons for worrying about GMOs — especially when they’re us.
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This activist is bringing Kentucky’s hot food scene to a tray near you
Sarah Fritschner is leading a farm-to-cafeteria movement in Kentucky.
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Break-up of the century: U.S. emissions and economic growth are really, finally separating
As the U.S. embraces energy efficiency and renewables, economic growth is now rising much faster than greenhouse gas emissions.
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Watch this Kansas farm beat the market with the honor system (and a llama)
JaKo Farm avoids the farmers market by selling their products through an on-farm store -- and it's paying off.
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Tyson says: No more antibiotics for our chickens
The largest American chicken producer says it will stop using human antibiotics by 2017. Today the U.S., tomorrow the world?
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Can zippy startup ideas and code speed local food to urban plates?
San Francisco's Good Eggs is taking another run at the dream of using apps and the internet to change the way we buy food for the better.