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An annoyed Tesla employee created this coloring book about electric cars
Ayumi Kim got tired of explaining that yes, if you hit a wombat, your electric car will probably be fine.
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Grainspotting: Farmers get desperate as coal and oil take over the rails
What could be more American than a gang rivalry between nonrenewable energy and wheat, our nation’s two great loves?
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Dairy tale: New tech could turn small farms into the land of milk and money
Your milk travels hundreds of miles to get to your cup. Can micro-pasteurizers change that?
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House Republicans just passed a good environmental bill, believe it or not
By an overwhelming majority, the GOP-controlled House OK'd legislation to boost energy efficiency. Here's why.
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Here’s what to do with all that extra CO2 you’ve got hanging around
Entrepreneurs are trying out ways to recycle sequestered carbon dioxide, making everything from fertilizer to superglue to Plexiglas.
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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.