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Colorado frackers paying tiny fines for keeping chemicals secret
Frackers have been flouting a Colorado rule that requires them to disclose the chemicals they use. Seven companies have been fined $1,000 apiece.
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Gulf fisherman: “There is no life out there”
It's oyster season, but many oyster beds in the Gulf of Mexico are empty. Thanks to the 2010 BP oil spill, lots of other fisheries are suffering too.
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Koch brothers could make $100 billion on Keystone XL pipeline deal
Koch Industries owns more than 2 million acres of land in Northern Alberta, the source of the tar-sands oil that will be pumped via the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Oil and gas train runs off tracks, explodes in Canada — again
A train laden with propane and oil jumped off the tracks in Alberta, triggering a big fire and causing a nearby town to be evacuated.
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Turn your bike electric just by changing the wheel
FlyKly is like the Prius of bike wheels -- it stores energy as you pedal.
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Court’s EPA move puts smiles on green faces
The Supreme Court is going to hear a challenge to EPA greenhouse-gas regulations. Here's why enviros are cheering.
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Power up: California may force utilities to buy big batteries for renewables
California's proposed requirement could jump-start the storage industry that renewable energy tech will need to scale.
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Ask Umbra: Is there such thing as an eco-friendly cellphone?
A reader wonders which phone is best for the planet. Umbra says this calls for some serious thought.
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Tar-sands waste going to fuel dirty power plants in China
Petcoke piles are blighting America. But here comes China to save the day ... by burning the dirty byproduct in its furnaces.
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Drift catchers use citizen science to fight pesticide pollution
Tired of watching chemicals blow across their fields, withering crops and threatening their own health, some farmers are taking matters into their own hands.