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Safety rules to prevent oil-train explosions delayed
Freight train operators won't be required to improve the safety of their tankers until next year, but they say they'll take voluntary steps in the meantime.
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U.S. CO2 emissions are on the rise, and coal-loving members of Congress want to keep it that way
After years of decline, U.S. emissions are going back up. A bill to block EPA power-plant rules would help keep them up.
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Flood money: How Congress is botching the effort to climate-proof insurance
Lawmakers are retreating on basic reforms when they should be looking to the future, and creating even more dramatic changes.
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U.N. climate chief calls for fossil-fuel divestment
Just as importantly, Christiana Figueres says big institutional investors should triple the money they're putting into clean energy.
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Pebble Mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay could be environmentally devastating, EPA says
A huge proposed gold and copper mine would pose major risks to the area's wildlife, fishing industry, and Native cultures, a new report finds.
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Scientists are studying bees by turning them into cyborgs
They're going to attach tiny little sensors (less than 0.1 inches wide) to the bees, let them fly around, and track how they move.
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Why exploding trains are the new Keystone XL
With pipeline projects stalling, more crude is riding the rails. Also, spilling. And blowing up. That's making the Oil Express a target for protest.
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Ask Umbra: Why must we “store” renewable energy? Can’t we just use it?
A reader wonders why it’s so hard to work wind and solar power into the grid. Umbra gets a real charge out of the question.
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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.
