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North Carolina GOP pushes unprecedented bill to jail anyone who discloses fracking chemicals
The new bill proposes one of the strictest pro-fracking rules to date.
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First responders vs. frackers: Who will win?
Frackers want to keep their chemical cocktails a secret, but a North Carolina bill would let emergency workers know what they're up against.
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Climate change has found another way to screw the poor
Global warming will hurt poor countries' creditworthiness, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s.
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How apps are helping small farmers bring you better coffee
Rewarding to know it’s not all Flappy Bird, right?
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Strip club flooded by oil spill in L.A.
A geyser of oil shot 50 feet in the air after a pipeline ruptured, leading to a 10,000-gallon spill and a knee-deep, lake-like mess.
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Meet the breakfast cereals that want to destroy you
The average children's breakfast cereal contains more than twice as much sugar as ice cream, and a dozen brands pack more than 50 percent sugar.
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Enviros bash industry-backed “green” building program
The Sierra Club and Greenpeace are teaming up to expose the industry forces behind the Green Globes certification system.
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Hector the Lump of Coal will make you miss Barney (and that’s saying something)
You can print out a fun Hector mask -- it won't protect your lungs when coal trains go by, but at least you'll look cute!
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Bribes, favors, and a billion-dollar yacht: Inside the crazy world of the men who do oil companies’ dirty work
Journalist Ken Silverstein gained unprecedented access to a hyper-reclusive cabal of powerful billionaires.
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Ron Burgundy is struggling with incontinence — the oil well, I mean
I don’t know how to put this, but oil leaks are kind of a big deal. And they're all over the place.