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Tests show Texas well water polluted by fracking, despite EPA assurances
The EPA dropped its investigation into complaints about contaminated water last year. Now Duke researchers have found dangerous levels of methane in wells.
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These windmills are so tiny, you could fit 10 of them on a grain of rice
Just wave your hand, and the movement in the air sends them spinning.
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West Virginia caught unprepared for contamination of water supply, despite warnings
The company that leaked a toxic chemical into the Elk River had told state officials about the contents of its riverside tanks. Why didn't officials draw up emergency plans?
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Here’s another reason why renewables are at an unfair disadvantage
It's a lot easier to build natural-gas pipelines than to build transmission lines for wind and solar power, and that needs to change.
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Lifting the crude-oil export ban would worsen pollution and climate change
If U.S. oil companies can sell their crude on the world market, they'll have more incentive to drill drill drill.
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Speak up to make sure the government counts climate costs
The fossil-fuel industry is kicking up a fuss about the Obama administration's "social cost of carbon" calculations. Now the public is invited to comment too.
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Enviros and climate scientists continue their fight over nuclear power
More than 300 green groups release a letter saying no to nuclear, and climate scientist Ken Caldeira defends his reluctant support for the technology.
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Maine’s governor signs GMO-labeling law
Maine is now the second state to mandate the labeling of foods containing GMOs, but the law will only take effect if other states follow its lead.
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EPA will let frackers keep on dumping chemicals into the sea
A new rule will just require the companies to tell the government which chemicals they're dumping.
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Pesticide in frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan
Perhaps 1,000 people in Japan have been sickened by insecticide-laced foods, and more than 6 million packages of frozen food have been recalled.
