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Entire Texan town evacuated after pipeline explosion
A Chevron pipeline exploded on Thursday, sending up huge flames and plumes of smoke and forcing some 700 people out of their homes.
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Small planet, big appetites: How to feed a growing world
"Consumed" author Sarah Elton wants a food system that will allow us to do more than survive. Here, she lays out how farming can make the environment, and the people in it, thrive.
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Obama admin pisses off ethanol industry, pleases both oil industry and enviros
The EPA has lowered the amount of biofuels required to be blended into gasoline. That's a good thing, even though it makes oil companies happy.
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Ed Markey’s first Senate bill aims to ramp up renewables
The legislation would require electric utilities to get 25 percent of their power from clean sources by 2025, and to meet energy-efficiency goals.
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Bill would promote bogus wind-turbine syndrome lawsuits in Wisconsin
The legislation would allow neighbors to sue wind farm owners for health problems and falling property values. Never mind that researchers have found neither of those things to be a problem.
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Arizona utility scores tiniest possible victory in war on solar
The utility wanted to reduce payments to solar-panel owners by $50 to $100 a month. Instead it will be allowed to charge a $5 monthly fee.
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Tech support: Can we wire our cities to prevent ecological collapse?
In his new book, “Smart Cities,” Anthony Townsend envisions a new techno-utopia. He’s forgotten one small detail: people.
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Let’s all fantasize about how awesome a national hyperloop network would be
It is really fun to daydream about traveling from place to place really, really, really fast.
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Facebook’s new data center will run on 100 percent wind energy
What does that actually mean?
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Walmart’s carbon emissions soar despite all that green talk
The mega-retailer has been bragging for years about its sustainability initiatives, but its carbon footprint just keeps getting bigger.
