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Koch brothers hire lobbyists to fight carbon tax, save poor and old people
Carbon-tax proposals are going nowhere in Congress, but the Koch brothers aren't taking any chances. They're fighting the proposals -- on behalf of the low-income and the elderly, of course.
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Offshore auction signals start of wind bonanza
The feds auctioned off the right to build turbines in nearly 165,000 acres of New England waters -- the first of many offshore auctions planned.
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Bad news, coal industry: Proposed export terminal is in for a tough review
A planned coal export terminal in Washington state will have to undergo a rigorous study that will consider climate impacts and other potential environmental problems.
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You get my drift? Pesticides cause big problems when they go where they’re not wanted
Too many pesticide-spraying crop dusters are accidentally missing their targets, killing neighbors' crops and making people sick.
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$100 million worth of natural gas goes up in flames every month in North Dakota
Drillers in the state don't have an easy way to get their natural gas to market, so nearly a third of it is being flared off, i.e. totally wasted.
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This doohickey turns your normal bike into an electric bike
Plop the Rubbee on your back tire and get ready to blast off into the future (at a modest 15 mph).
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Why the Peak Oilers are still right
The oil and gas boom in the U.S. has some people arguing that we no longer need to worry about fossil-fuel supplies. Au contraire.
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Genetically engineered food: Allergic to regulations?
GM food is heavily tested for allergens, but we'd all be better served by a more codified and transparent process.
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Leak-prone oil tankers to remain on American train tracks for now
The Obama administration has announced another delay in better regulating the type of disaster-prone rail cars that exploded in Quebec earlier this month.
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In this time-lapse video, you can see Texas’ reservoirs disappearing
In 1965, the federal government dammed up a river to create Texas' Lake Meredith. Now it's almost gone.