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Russian outfit plans to spend $25 million to secretly study GMOs
The world could use more studies of GMO crops and health. But if they're going to make any headway, they'll need to be a lot more open.
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Scientists want to turn your old sandwich into an indestructible wonder material
Your food waste could be used to make tougher solar panels, better batteries, sustainable condoms, and more.
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TransCanada has big new plans for moving oil around, and you won’t like them
The company behind the long-stalled Keystone project wants to build a big new cross-border pipeline and get into the oil-train business.
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Auto-flush toilets just don’t know when to quit
Mall toilets can't tell a butt from a "but I'm not finished yet!"
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Why are we yelling at utilities and not their regulators?
Clean energy advocates often rage against the behavior of power utilities. It's time to look beyond them to the regulators who shape their decisions.
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Coal-country states declare war on Obama’s climate rules
ALEC is helping local lawmakers fight the Clean Power Plan.
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Meet the last 3 millennials who don’t have smartphones
Can three young, tech-savvy writers pull off a tweetstorm on their antiquated clamshell phones? Find out.
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Natural gas drilling is causing earthquakes in Europe too
Shell and ExxonMobil ignored for decades that drilling in Europe’s largest gas field was triggering quakes.
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Baltimore youth get another big win in fight against incinerator
A Baltimore County committee voted to end its contract with the company planning to build a waste-to-energy facility.
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Are all K-Cup-style coffeemakers totally terrible?
A reader wonders whether single-serving coffee can be green. Umbra brews up an answer.