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Oh, heck yes: Check out these farm tools for women
Green Heron Tools sells farming and gardening products made for women by women.
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Another climate crackdown from Obama’s EPA
The EPA has proposed new rules to cut use of HFCs, refrigerants that also happen to be potent greenhouse gases.
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Join us for a bumpy ride through Uber’s myriad challenges
Ride along with Uber’s twists and turns in this interactive infographic.
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Forget potato salad — fund this science project and help cure the climate
Once upon a time, this super-plant may have geoengineered the planet. Now scientists want to sequence its genome to learn its secret.
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Europe really wants America’s oil and gas
European Union negotiators are pushing the U.S. to drop its crude oil export ban and increase exports of natural gas, according to a leaked document.
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Zero-energy house of the future could be lurking in your neighborhood
This place looks pretty ho-hum, right? It's actually a space pod.
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Environmental free-trade deal could help tar-sands producers
The WTO has started talks on a new deal that would facilitate trade in "environmental goods," but its definition of "environmental" is not so good.
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“It’s raining renewable energy loans!” shrieks DOE, racing to the dance floor
The Department of Energy announced a $4 billion loan guarantee program for renewable energy projects, Solyndra be damned.
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Oil companies try to weasel out of California’s cap-and-trade program
Big Oil has convinced some lawmakers to try to delay the inclusion of motor fuels in the state's carbon-trading system. Because it cares about struggling families.
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Um, TransCanada just bought off a town with a firetruck
In exchange for a new rescue truck, the town of Mattawa agreed to not to comment on any of TransCanada's operations for the next five years.