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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.
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USDA goes FBI on crooks who sell gross meat and run cons on food stamps
Sure, government swindlers and food stamp fraudsters are alarming. But we're catching a lot of them -- and, often, getting the money back.
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12 ways you and everyone you know could die
Scientists ranked humanity's worst existential threats, and guess who's at the top of the list? Our old pal, extreme climate change.
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Oil trains are blowing up all over the place
Two tanker trains full of crude oil have derailed and burst into flames recently, one in West Virginia and one in Ontario.
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“More research” into geoengineering is not such a hot idea
In the geoengineering debate, "just research" is the default position of Serious People. But it's more problematic than they acknowledge.
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There’s a scary amount of plastic in the ocean. Here’s who put it there
The U.S. isn't as bad as you'd think …
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The fight over Obama’s Clean Power Plan heats up in the states
States are charged with implementing Obama's carbon rule for power plants. Which ones will cooperate and which ones won't?
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Watch out, Arctic: Shell is coming for you again
The Interior Department is clearing the way for Shell to try drilling again off the Alaska coast, a treacherous undertaking on so many levels.
