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Brilliant teen publishes paper on saving the climate with ammonia-fueled cars
Someone give this kid a hefty college scholarship.
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Can farmed fish go vegetarian?
Most farmed fish are fed pellets made of smaller fish -- not a great idea if you want to protect ocean ecosystems. So researchers are trying out alternative diets.
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Obama to trucking industry: “No more rampant gas consumption for you!”
The president continues to push past Congress and take action against climate change, this time with new fuel-efficiency standards for large trucks.
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Bunsen burner bummer: Lab rules favor industry over indie research
"Good Laboratory Practice" codes aimed to keep bad industry practices in check. Instead, they've become a costly burden that excludes public-interest-oriented research from key decisions.
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Tea industry claims it will undertake heroic efforts to become more sustainable
The tea business can be pretty ugly, so tea giants now say they have a plan to get greener and turn tea into a "hero crop" by 2030.
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U.S. tries to have it both ways with solar trade policy
The U.S. is trying to smash open solar-panel trade barriers in India, even while trying to protect American panel manufacturers from imports.
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Survive one Chevron fracking explosion, get a pizza and pop FREE!
The residents of Greene County, Penn., just weathered a fracking disaster, but it's cool because Chevron's buying them a pizza party (for one).
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Russia could build a train that would connect New York to Paris
This would probably be a rail line that carried more oil than people.
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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?
