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This new app takes a swipe at China’s worst polluters
The interactive map shows, in real time, exactly who is spewing smog.
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Gas prices are way low, but U.S. oil production to grow in 2015. What gives?
A worldwide glut of the crude stuff should mean less oil drilling in North Dakota, right? Wrong.
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Personal rapid transit: The future of public transportation, maybe
A new personal rapid transport system called skyTran could revolutionize urban transportation. Or not.
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Need to borrow a chainsaw? This app can help
Peerby connects folks in need of bike pumps and folding chairs with the neighbors who have them.
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California’s cap-and-trade program now covers cars
The oil industry claims this will make gasoline prices soar. Experts say that’s not true -- unless the oil industry manipulates the market.
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Plants clean this office building’s air in the world’s most polluted city
In the world's smoggiest city, ventilating with outdoor air doesn't work. A little greenery will do the trick, though.
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A New Year’s scramble to obey California’s hard-boiled egg laws
By aiming rules at eaters rather than farmers, California's bid to change poultry farming might actually succeed.
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Can a commercial development be used to block Big Oil?
Environmental groups are pushing for the rapid development of a $1.3 billion real estate project. Why?
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What’s in a name? These farmers know
Blazing Pitchforks Ranch, Fruit Loop Acres, Second Cloud On The Left Farm — these spreads have the most fantastic names.
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6 things to laugh about from 2014, a real trash can of a year
These are the six best laugh-worthy moments that came out of some remarkably terrible news for the environment.