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Feds to frackers: “No, please — let us help you find a place to dump your wastewater”
The Department of Energy is spending $1.8 million trying to help frackers in the Northeast find somewhere to dump millions of barrels of wastewater.
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World’s biggest solar thermal power plant fired up in California
As of Tuesday, the sprawling Ivanpah solar power plant in California's Mojave Desert started supplying electricity to up to 200,000 homes.
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Great Lakes shipping terminal for Bakken oil hits dead end
A crude terminal proposed for Duluth, Minn., would load oil tankers bound for the East Coat through the Great Lakes. But the plans have faltered.
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Weakened fracking law signed in California
California's governor signed the state's first fracking regulations into law on Friday. Too bad they don't go far enough.
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Chevron scores legal and PR victories in Ecuador pollution case
Ecuador’s president has a new “Chevron’s Dirty Hand” campaign to protest the company's refusal to pay for its mess, but Chevron is still winning the war.
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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.
