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Leaked Pacific trade treaty draft suggests the planet will pay
The Trans-Pacific Partnership draft puts no teeth behind environmental protections, and could let other countries undermine those in the U.S.
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Sustainable butcher shop responds to PETA attack in classiest way possible
Yo PETA! Pick on someone your own size. Not a local butcher shop that uses free-range, uncaged, hormone-free animals.
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North Dakota’s top oil regulator is also its top oil promoter
State Democrats see a conflict of interest there. They want the pom-poms to change hands.
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Native sun: In the Deep South, a solar farm rises on a former cotton plantation
The entrepreneur bills the project as the largest solar farm in the country owned by an African American, and it's in North Carolina of all places.
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Fracking chemicals may make oil extra explosive
Recent train explosions have involved crude from the Bakken formation in North Dakota, perhaps because flammable fracking fluids contaminated the oil.
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Christie’s bullying fails to push pipeline through nature preserve
The governor was twisting arms to get a natural-gas pipeline built through the New Jersey Pinelands, but after the bridge scandal broke, that effort may have backfired.
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Planes’ gains & automobiles: Air travel outpaces driving in fuel efficiency
Over the last four decades, driving has steadily lost the fuel-efficiency edge it once held over flying.
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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?
