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Jared Leto calls on Kerry to reject this so-called Keystone XL once and for all
Leto, fresh off an Oscar win, has signed an open letter calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to recommend against building the pipeline.
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Ask Umbra: Who makes the most awesomely eco-tastic computers?
A reader wants to take a byte out of his environmental footprint. Umbra chips away at the problem.
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Republicans use Putin as an excuse to push fossil-fuel projects
They're calling on Obama to speed up natural gas exports in order to "stand up for freedom and democracy." At least one Democrat is joining in too.
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Get off my lawn! Organic farmers just can’t get along with GMO-growing neighbors
A new survey finds that organic farmers in the U.S. incur significant financial losses due to GMO contamination from nearby farms.
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You can thank Warren Buffett for many of those exploding oil trains
His Berkshire Hathaway investment group owns many of the flimsy rail cars used to transport oil, and it has vigorously fought tighter regulation.
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How to make natural gas more climate-friendly
There are easy steps the gas industry could take to plug methane leaks, but they probably won't do it until the EPA makes them.
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That old, rusty underwater pipeline? Nothing to worry about!
Michiganders are loudly voicing their concerns about a 60-year-old oil pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.
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Apple CEO says he doesn’t want stockholders who don’t believe in climate change
A right-wing think tank tried to tell Tim Cook to dump Apple's green initiatives. He basically flipped them off. (Take THAT!)
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Your car will soon be less polluting, thanks to EPA’s new gasoline rule
Oil refiners will have to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline, which will help combat asthma, lung disease, and premature births and deaths.
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Could the Keystone pipeline give you cancer?
Sen. Barbara Boxer is warning that tar-sands oil poses significant health risks. She's calling on the State Department to do a new study on the issue.
