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Monster wind farm planned in South Dakota
More than 80 landowners are banding together and aiming big, working on a wind project that could produce up to a gigawatt of electricity.
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EPA is finally taking at least a small step to protect water supplies from fracking
The agency is now telling industry to be more careful when it pumps diesel underground as part of its cocktail of fracking fluids.
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Designer Vivienne Westwood thinks climate change is more important than the fashion industry
The legendary clothier says she's decided to stop her brand's expansion and that we've gotta halt climate change. Woot!
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How a pesticide company went after a frog-loving scientist
When Tyrone Hayes' research suggested that atrazine messed up amphibian reproductive organs, its manufacturer set out to "discredit" him.
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When it trains, it pours: The 10 worst oil-by-rail spills of the decade
We don't need no stinking pipeline to spill oil everywhere -- we have trains for that!
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This electric car is specifically designed for people in wheelchairs
The Kenguru EV can go up to 25 mph, with a range of about 60 miles. It has LED lights, too. Pretty sweet!
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U.S. whacks India with WTO complaint over its local solar program
India requires solar developers to get their panels from domestic producers. The U.S. says that discriminates against American companies.
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SolarCoins are cryptocurrency for the sustainability crowd
To earn installments of this newly created currency, you actually need to produce energy through solar panels
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No rules governed tank that leaked coal-cleaning poison into W.Va. river
The tank, owned by Freedom Industries, was not regulated by state or federal safety regulations, officials said at a hearing on Monday.
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Ash decisions: North Carolina helped river-ruining Duke Energy duck pollution complaints
Under its Republican governor, cozy North Carolina regulators shielded the utility from environmental complaints.