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Oil refiners don’t care about Keystone XL anymore
Canadian oil companies still desperately want the Keystone XL pipeline, but U.S. oil refiners don’t much care whether the damned thing ever gets built.
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Chile just got really good at creating drinking water from fog
"How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?" THIS is how, Sound of Music nuns!
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Fracking fights spread to Europe
European leaders want to use fracking to emulate America's oil and gas boom. European citizens are not so happy about that idea.
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People save more energy when they know they’re being watched
Utility customers who were told their electricity use was being tracked as part of an experiment reduced their consumption by 2.7 percent.
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Coal company accidentally turns a creek into concrete
Workers dumped tons of grout into a ridge to try to repair damage caused by mining, but the grout poured out the bottom and into a creek.
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David Roberts’ top 20.5 parting insights
Before he signed off for a year-long sabbatical, Grist climate blogger David Roberts shared final words of wisdom on Twitter, collected here for your reading pleasure.
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Safety inspectors target oil-hauling trains
U.S. safety officials have launched a Bakken Blitz to keep closer watch on trains carrying fracked oil out of North Dakota.
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Levitating train breaks speed record in Japan
Japan is building a maglev train that moves fast -- it just tested at more than 310 miles per hour. But construction is moving slowly.
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Has the world reached peak chicken?
You won't believe how many chickens live on this planet.
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Farm kills millions of bees with illegal pesticide spraying, gets slap on wrist
One of Florida's largest orange growers is being fined for improper use of pesticides, but the fine is shockingly low.
