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This company’s gas plants just keep on exploding
A huge blast rocked a Williams gas processing plant in Wyoming last week. Same thing happened at another Williams plant a month earlier. Last year saw explosions, too.
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Canada orders dangerous oil cars off its railways
And they could end up over the border, carrying explosive crude all around the U.S.
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Chemical banned in Europe is probably on your apple
The European Commission is concerned that the pesticide diphenylamine could be linked to cancer, but the U.S. EPA says there's nothing to worry about.
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Walmart’s latest organic scheme is just part of its plot to take over our food system
The retail giant already controls more than 25 percent of the U.S. grocery market, and with its new organic label, it's aiming to control even more.
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Is there a sustainable future for America’s most popular seafood?
The shrimp farming industry gets a bad rap, but it might be greener than you think -- and we eat enough of the stuff that it's worth getting right.
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Enviros urge U.S. to stop meddling in Indian solar affairs
American green groups are asking the Obama administration to back away from a WTO complaint against India's solar policies, warning it could hurt the climate.
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Google wants to bring you affordable solar panels (again)
The big G is teaming up with SunPower to buy solar panel systems, which the companies will lease to homeowners for cheap. Rad!
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If oil spills in the Arctic and no one is around to clean it up, does it just stay there?
A new report is yet another reminder of why oil companies should be kept out of the thawing Arctic.
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Tired of milking your cow? There’s a robot for that
Milking robots could be the next big thing in dairy.
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Pony up, frackers: Texas family wins $3 million in contamination lawsuit
This is reportedly the first case in which a jury has awarded compensation for fracking-related pollution and health problems.