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One failed project, another over budget, hint at carbon-capture challenges under EPA rules
If you want to build a new coal plant, the U.S. EPA says you must capture CO2 emissions. Two troubled projects show how hard that will be.
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The solution to America’s food waste problem: Feed people
Arthur Morgan's radical idea: Collect the tons of leftover food from farmers markets and distributors and deliver it to those who need it.
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In wake of Colorado floods, officials start counting oil and gas spills
The state's oil agency is tracking five notable spills so far, plus more locations where sheens have been spotted. No one knows the full extent of the messes.
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Is this the beginning of the end for coal?
From a failed coal auction in Wyoming to slowing demand in China, times are tough for the world's dirtiest fossil fuel. And that's before we even get to EPA's new proposed power-plant rules.
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This bike light is super bright, theft-proof, and nearly indestructible
What is better than a bike light that no one can steal? A bike light no one can steal that’s so sturdy it will outlive your bike.
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EPA chief tells Grist what coal will have to do to survive in a “carbon-constrained” future
Gina McCarthy talks to Grist about the president's attitude toward climate change and her agency’s proposed rules on new power plants -- plus a little about her favorite baseball team.
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EDF defends its controversial study of methane leaks from fracking wells
The Environmental Defense Fund has been slammed by other greens for a recent study that found some fracking wells weren't as bad for the climate as assumed. Here the group explains its approach.
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California wins right to clamp down on carbon from gasoline, diesel
A federal appeals court said the state can implement its Low Carbon Fuel Standard and require gasoline and diesel to have a lower carbon footprint. Enviros cheered.
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Help indie rockers buy solar panels for a cool L.A. nonprofit
Homeboy Industries teaches former gang members how to install solar panels. Now you can get them solar panels of their very own.
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USDA doesn’t care about GMO contamination of alfalfa
The feds are refusing to do anything after Monsanto's GMO alfalfa contaminated a Washington farmer's crop, saying the marketplace should sort it out.