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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?
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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!
