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Climate change has things on Earth looking rough? NASA’s got a fly getaway ship
The NASA scientist famous for saying that we can travel faster than light has cooked up an intersteller spaceship. And we want one.
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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.
