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Supreme Court slaps down Big Coal
The ruling is a big win for the Obama administration, allowing it crack down on power plant pollution that blows across state borders.
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Duke Energy says it would be too hard to actually fix its coal-ash problem
The company whines that cleaning up all of its coal-ash ponds in North Carolina would take 30 years. Activists don't buy it.
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How farm to market-based solutions can take organic to the next level
Kellee James wants her company, Mercaris, to become the Bloomberg of organic crop prices.
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Could garbage fuel help green the airline industry?
If British Airways’ plan pans out, air travelers could be singing, “I’m leavin’ on a trash-fueled jet plane.”
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BP won’t pay for Gulf oil spill research
The oil giant whines that it has forked out a lot for research already, and can't understand why it should have to pay more.
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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.
