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The men who poisoned Charleston’s drinking water now have a “new” business
A January chemical leak from Freedom Industries left 300,000 people without water supplies. Now Freedom is reforming under a different name.
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Bird lovers to sue feds for letting wind farms kill eagles
The Obama administration is trying to encourage wind power, but some wildlife advocates say it's going too far.
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If the Chamber of Commerce wants to raise the gas tax, it should stop backing Republicans
The big-biz trade group keeps supporting candidates who refuse to fund infrastructure, even though corporations rely on roads and bridges.
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Showdown at the organic standards board meeting
Behind protest chants and an arrest, an obscure rule change. And behind that, a fight for the purity of a movement.
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Chicagoans fight the Kochs and their petcoke
The city stopped short of banning piles of petcoke, a tar-sands refining waste. Now activists and officials are trying to get rid of the piles with lawsuits.
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These businesses buy the most clean energy
The EPA’s Top 100 list sheds light on some green energy superstars you might not know about.
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Is Monsanto’s Roundup linked to a deadly kidney disease?
Farm workers on sugar and rice plantations have been hit by a mysterious kidney ailment. Recent research suggests the herbicide glyphosate could be connected to the epidemics.
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Republicans in Congress are trying to gut local fracking regulations
House Republicans are preparing a bill they say will strengthen the authority of the EPA. Spoiler alert: It won't.
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Why we talk about the Kochs
Are we all too focused on Charles and David Koch? Not by a long shot.
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Oil train derails in Virginia, explodes, pollutes river
Meanwhile, the U.S. government still hasn't forced the railroad industry to get rid of the most dangerous, puncture-prone railcars.