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EPA, community activists put toxic oil refineries in a headlock
Thanks to a lawsuit brought by environmental justice activists, the feds are about to crack down on the chemical stew these plants dump into the air.
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What’s the best way to dispose of an old car battery?
A reader's battery has shuffled off this mortal coil. Umbra says Mexican recycling plants make calamity of so long a life.
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See-through solar cells could turn your windows into power stations
Even Harry Potter would be impressed.
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This meat substitute is all-natural and GMO-free — and might be making people sick
A nonprofit group says Quorn, the mushroom-based fake meat, is causing real illnesses and asks the FDA to regulate it.
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Why Vandana Shiva is so right and yet so wrong
The environmental crusader has a beautiful vision of the world we'd like to have. Too bad she has such a loose way with the factual details.
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People are mistaking strangers’ cars for Ubers
Don't turn around too fast, but we think Uber put a drunk person in your backseat.
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Magical algae turns sewage into biofuel and Dasani
By Dasani, we mean potable tap water. And by sewage, we mean sewage.
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Another coal export terminal bites the dust
Oregon has rejected plans for a coal export project along the Columbia River -- just the latest sign of the coal industry's decline.
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Thousands of birds are igniting mid-air. What’s solar got to do with it?
The world's largest solar thermal power plant is under fire for its potentially catastrophic impact on local birds.
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Drillers illegally using diesel fuel to frack, report says
An analysis by an environmental group finds hundreds of cases in which drillers used diesel fuel without obtaining permits and sometimes altered records disclosing they had done so.
