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Having a potted plant in the office makes you work harder
When you put flowers and plants at people's desks, they do better at cognitive tasks.
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Study reveals how badly frackers lie about jobs
The fracking industry would like you to believe that each of its wells directly employs 31 workers. A new report says the number is closer to four.
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This Ohio lawmaker thinks you’re an enviro-socialist rent-seeker
A state senator is pushing a bill to water down Ohio's renewable electricity rules. Don't like it? Then he has some choice words for you.
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Fracking boom is fueling a plastics boom
Plastic crap that Americans are accustomed to importing from Asia is increasingly being manufactured right here in the U.S., thanks to cheap natural gas.
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These members of Congress are bankrolled by the fracking industry
The growing fracking industry is "yielding gushers" of campaign donations for congressional candidates, according to a new report.
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BP sends more drilling rigs to the Gulf of Mexico than ever before
Deepwater Horizon disaster? Forgetaboutit. BP recently deployed two more oil-drilling rigs to the Gulf, taking its count to a record-breaking nine.
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How one small community is going big on solar
The Farmers Electric Co-op in Iowa is gearing up to build the state's biggest solar array. “It keeps our money local,” says the co-op manager.
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Nuclear industry scores a big win, but still no solution for nuclear waste
The feds have been ordered to stop collecting $750 million in annual fees for a nuclear waste dump. That's because they have no plans to build a nuclear waste dump.
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Foldable helmet gets rid of your last excuse for not protecting your poor, delicate skull
You can bring it with you in the morning, thinking that you might want it later, and not be particularly inconvenienced if you end up not using it.
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Just 90 companies are responsible for two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions
Chevron, Exxon, and BP are among companies most responsible for climate change since dawn of industrial age.
