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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.
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Romanian villagers block Chevron frackers
Chevron tried to begin its Romanian fracking operations on Monday, but workers were sent home by protests.
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Illinois kills online coal propaganda targeting kids
The removal of pro-coal propaganda from a website is the latest sign that Illinois is moving away from brainwashing kids with deceptive messages about the harmful fossil fuel.
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Supreme Court will hear challenge to EPA’s power-plant rules
Big polluters edged toward a legal victory Tuesday, when the conservative Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the Obama administration's plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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BP negligent in Texas refinery leak but absolved of wrongdoing
A jury found that BP was negligent for allowing toxic chemicals to spew from a Texas refinery for 40 days. But the jurors ruled that the company's actions caused no harm.
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Pretty vacants: Urban communities fill empty lots with gardens, skate parks, and creative possibility
What do you get when techies and community activists team up to make better use of vacant lots? Urban farms, community gardens -- and perhaps a whiffle ball park?
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Lagoons filled with toxic water coming to Ohio’s fracklands
Football-field-sized pits of fracking wastewater already taint the landscapes of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Looks like Ohio will be next.
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Roundup-ready, aim, spray: How GM crops lead to herbicide addiction
Herbicide-resistant crops make it easy for farmers to rely on hefty quantities of weedkiller. Then the weeds evolve, and we have to up the ante.
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Ask Umbra: Can you help us find a super new pooper?
A reader wonders which loo to choose: composting or septic. Umbra puts on her boots and wades in.
