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Marcellus Shale fracking wells use 5 million gallons of water apiece
Frackers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are using more water than those in other parts of the country, with most being skimmed off rivers and streams.
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Yeah, maybe Teslas are catching on fire, but it’s seriously no big deal
The moral of the story is not “Teslas suck” but “Don’t drive drunk.”
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Italian mafia boss says pollution turned him into a police informant
He knew the mafia's toxic-waste dumping would doom people to die from cancer, and he eventually felt bad enough to do something about it.
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Unregulated bumblebee trade threatens bumblebees
Activists are pushing the U.S. government to crack down on trade practices that they say are harming native populations of bumblebees.
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This shower saves energy by letting you wash yourself in used bathwater
There's something about taking a shower in your own runoff that's delightfully meta yet gross at the same time.
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Nebraska is a loser in the wind-energy boom
The Cornhusker State is the third windiest in the union, but it ranks in the bottom half in terms of wind-power generation. Some state lawmakers are trying to change that.
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Air pollution can ruin your computer
Computers in Asia are getting the electronic equivalent of smokers' lung.
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Illinois is America’s nuclear waste capital
The U.S. has no central repository for nuclear waste, so it's piling up at power plants. Illinois now houses more of it than any other state.
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This little gizmo lets you know when you’ve stayed way too long in the shower, you jerk
You can set it up to start glaring at you when you've used too much energy.
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Will Bill de Blasio stand up for New Yorkers without cars?
The leading mayoral candidate is known as a progressive, but some of his car-centric transportation ideas are downright regressive.
