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The Double O bike light is less dirty than it sounds, but still cool
It won't get you even one O. But it does snap easily onto your bike with a magnetic holder, and slide onto your U-lock for storage.
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Why we can’t seem to stop oil-filled rail cars from going boom
Oil-bearing trains keep exploding -- yet the regulatory structure that's supposed to keep the rails safe isn't able to do much.
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Mexican gangs learn that lime pays (also crime)
Another day, another ring of organized criminals making the transition from eight balls to tasty treats!
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Congress successfully took the wind out of wind energy’s sails last year
Just 1 gigawatt of new wind energy capacity was installed in the U.S. last year -- down from 13 gigawatts the year before. Thanks, Congress!
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Ohio lawmakers: All right, folks, we guess it’s OK for you to buy Teslas
Ohio lawmakers have backed away from a potential ban on Tesla's sales centers, but they will only allow three of the centers to operate in their state.
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Farmers and eaters: Why can’t we be friends?
Too often, city-dwelling organic shoppers and flyover-country farmers resent each other. But they're both really after the same things.
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Is this train the “little engine that could” for clean energy storage?
Repurposed trains go up and down hills, Slinky style, and in the process store surplus energy.
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BP’s newly upgraded refinery just spilled oil into Chicago’s water source
An oil spill from BP's Whiting refinery was just the latest in a string of similar accidents across the U.S.
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Can I get a Dasani, bro? Not in this national park, you can’t!
Contrary to popular commercial imagery, bears don’t drink out of bottles. But if they did, they'd find it a lot harder to get their paws on some Dasani.
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Wait, why are we dunking so many of our seeds in neonic poison?
It's hard for farmers to buy seeds that aren't coated with pesticides. A new report explains how little we know about the benefits of this practice.
