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Beijing bans new power plants to help clear the air
The famously polluted city will also ban new steel and cement factories and oil refineries, and will try to control the number of cars on its roads.
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Texans want frackers to stop causing earthquakes
Rattled residents are calling for a ban on injecting fracking wastewater underground. Texas regulators don't seem very receptive.
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Forget Google — build your own Nest smart thermostat for $70
Here's what you'll need for a DIY version of the game-changing, Google-acquired thermostat.
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Oil spillage from freight trains hit record high in 2013
Crude oil is just pouring out of America’s freight trains -- more last year than in nearly four previous decades combined.
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Canada sued over approval of “toxic” GMO salmon
Environmentalists are arguing in court that AquAdvantage GMO salmon could be considered "toxic" under Canadian law.
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We export carbon emissions to China, get smog back in return
Some developing countries have oversized carbon footprints because they manufacture so much of our junk, and their factories are sending smog back our way.
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Solar wins: How sunshine will save the planet (really!)
Please enjoy this sampling of solar victories to warm your cold, cynical heart.
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Ask Umbra: What’s the most responsible way to get my winter thrills?
A reader wonders about the greenest way to hit the slopes, and which slopes are greenest. Umbra gives him a lesson.
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How safe is our drinking water?
Poisoning the enemy is a long-standing military strategy.
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Will the U.K. follow the U.S. on a fracking binge?
British Prime Minister David Cameron seems desperate to mimic America's natural-gas boom, but plenty of hurdles stand in his way.
