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Why are some states trying to ban LEED green building standards?
The influential timber industry has its own set of standards, and environmentalists aren't happy.
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Cool news: Big fridges to get more efficient under new Obama rules
Just what you've been waiting for: Another reason to feel good about buying Ben & Jerry's.
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North Carolinians could be forced to accept fracking on their property
If you live above natural gas reserves in North Carolina and your neighbors want to sell fracking rights, you might have to go along.
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U.S. bike-sharing fleet more than doubles in 2013
The opening of the San Francisco Bay Area bikeshare brings the combined fleet of shared bikes in the United States above 18,000.
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These cute cycling undies have built-in protection for your sensitive bits
They're like secret bike shorts that you can wear under any clothes.
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Golden Rice: Fool’s gold or golden opportunity?
Sure, Big Ag might use the controversial genetically engineered rice as a stalking horse -- but if it's able to help save hundreds of thousands of lives, maybe it deserves a chance.
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Fukushima keeps on leaking, Japan keeps on issuing confusing explanations
More than 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from the crippled nuclear power plant last week. So what else is new?
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U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year
A lot of that expense could have been avoided if the Federal Crop Insurance Program encouraged farmers to use conservation-oriented techniques, says NRDC.
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Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to shutter
More bad news for the nuclear industry: Entergy Corp. announced Tuesday that it will power down the plant next year.
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Wind turbines don’t hurt property values
The most comprehensive study to date finds that the construction of wind farms near homes does not lower home sale prices.
