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Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants Tesla’s green jobs. What’s Texas willing to give?
Perry is salivating over a new $5 billion electric car battery factory, with 6,500 high-paying jobs. Perhaps it's time to play hardball.
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Stop lying! Enviros are fed up with false ads about Obama’s power plant rules
The National Mining Association is playing inaccurate radio ads, so a coalition of green group is asking the FCC to investigate.
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Looking for a place to film your live-action Frozen fan fic? Dutch students have you covered
Students and faculty at Eindhoven University of Technology are building a 131-foot-tall ice palace. That is, if the weather gets cold enough.
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Your local delivery man may soon get a flying robotic sidekick
Remember that video of a drone delivering a box from Amazon? Total pie in the sky. But launch that drone from a roving delivery truck and you might have a system that works.
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A meat giant gobbles up another meat giant
Tyson will acquire Hillshire Brands -- further concentrating corporate power in the already centralized animal-farm industry.
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Here’s how California could fix its drought-time water woes
By improving irrigation, efficiency, recycling, and stormwater-capture practices, California could free up enough extra water to meet all of its cities' needs.
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Guess which company got the first U.S. commercial drone permit?
Oh – hello, BP! Always a pleasure to hear from the Charlie Sheen of the oil industry.
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Illinois becomes first state to ban lake-fouling microbeads
The plastic microbeads will be barred from personal-care products starting in 2017. Other states might soon follow Illinois' lead.
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Red states pump out more carbon pollution than blue ones
Which states are going to kick up a fuss over the EPA's proposed power-plant rules? New data from Yale, along with some clever maps, help answer this question.
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Four reasons to love Obama’s power plant rules, and three reasons not to
Don't know what to think of EPA’s proposal for regulating CO2 emissions from existing power plants? We've boiled the brouhaha down for you.