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Green sleaze: The EPA helps corporations scrub their images while screwing the planet
The agency's Green Power Partnership gives corporations a cheap, easy way to look like responsible citizens. In fact, they're doing next to nothing.
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Scientists can now spy on whales from space
Triumph of technology or space voyeurism?
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Just a fracking well exploding into flames — nothing to see here!
On Tuesday, a Chevron natural gas fracking well in Greene County, Pa., burst into flames. More than 72 hours later, it’s still burning.
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The top 3 flaws with the State Dept.’s Keystone study
No. 1: The questionable assumption that tar-sands development is inevitable, based on the questionable assumption that oil prices will stay high.
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Solar is keeping California’s lights on as hydro dries up
The drought in California is causing rivers to shrivel and, with them, hydroelectric supplies. But never fear, solar power is here!
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Your tea won’t taste so good after you read this
Labor abuses, dangerous pesticide practices, and other problems are widespread at 24 Tetley tea plantations in India.
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Another day, another river ruined by a big coal-industry spill
This time it's a spill of 100,000 gallons of coal slurry from a coal processing facility in West Virginia. Thanks, Patriot Coal!
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The secret ingredient to slow food: Slow cash
Insight and advice from an expert in creative ways of making smart, sustainable farmers solvent, too.
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Dems and GOP have competing visions for making oil trains safer in Washington state
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are feeling nervous about soaring oil-by-rail traffic, but they disagree on what to do about it.
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BP found another shady way to cheat public, get richer
Minnesota is suing the oil giant, claiming it lied when taking state funds to clean up leaky tanks that were already covered by its insurers.