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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.
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Climate debt collectors: Occupy wants the 1% to pay up
Here's how Hurricane Sandy inspired the debt-relieving Rolling Jubilee crew to focus on climate -- and why you shouldn't feel guilty about flying.
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Coal industry tries to crash Warsaw climate talks, gets spanked
At a big coal summit being held near U.N. climate negotiations, the industry argues that its fancy-pants new plants are clean. Scientists call bullshit.
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Piles of tar-sands waste in Chicago are pissing people off
A company owned by the Koch brothers is storing big piles of petroleum coke, which is blowing into nearby neighborhoods. The city, state, and feds are finally taking action.
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Colorado to crack down on methane emissions from fracking
New draft rules would require oil and gas companies to control emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, a first in the nation.
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China officially abandons its pursuit of “growth at all costs”
The country has decided that screwing the environment, human health, and social stability for the sake of the almighty yuan is not such a hot idea.
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Playing the field: Corn likes to sleep around — and that makes it hard to control GMOs
Pollen spreads, so GMO genes get around. That's everyone's problem -- whether you like your farming organic or industrial.
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California and Illinois release draft fracking rules, and California’s are better
Enviros aren't pleased with Illinois' proposed regulations. California's are tougher, but activists continue to push for a fracking moratorium in the state.
