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Where does Hillary Clinton stand on fracking?
She's all for it, if it's done "safely." But as secretary of state, she pushed fracking on other countries whether it would be safe or not.
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Nevada wins Tesla’s gigafactory sweepstakes
The Silver State gets a super-hyped electric car battery factory. Tesla gets subsidies totaling $1.25 billion.
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BP convicted of gross negligence in Deepwater Horizon spill, really salty about it
We imagine that the handing down of the Deepwater Horizon decision may have gone a little like this.
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BP lashes out at journalists and “opportunistic” environmentalists
The oil company behind the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill is not winning any friends with this one.
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The personal (technology) is political
If you're stressed out by digital distractions and email overload, the answer is not meditation and mindfulness. It's fixing our power structures.
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PETA’s new virtual reality game could make you too chicken to eat chicken
I, Chicken, a new virtual reality game from PETA, lets you experience life as a chicken just before slaughter.
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Amtrak wait? Blame the freight
Rail is a great way to ship your stuff and yourself for a cross-country move. If only we hadn't built a system that gives slow freight the right of way.
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Perdue just says no to chicken on drugs
One big poultry producer ditches most use of antibiotics. Now it's time for the rest of the industry to follow -- and for doctors to stop overprescribing them to us.
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Will Obama do the right thing on smog this time?
Over the coming year, the president will either repeat or undo one of his greatest insults to the environmental community -- and to the nation's air quality.
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E.U. bans energy-sucking vacuums. Hairdryers could be next.
High-powered vacuum cleaners just bit the dust in the name of climate change. Hairdryers and electric kettles could be next.