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Feds want food importers to ramp up safety measures
The FDA says food purveyors should no longer be able to skirt U.S. food safety rules by producing their product abroad and then selling it to Americans.
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This electric BMW has a special feature: Access to a gas-powered SUV
BMW is basically running an upscale car-sharing service exclusively for EV owners.
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Ask Umbra: Do the costs of LEDs outweigh the benefits?
A reader comes looking for bright ideas about lightbulbs. Umbra turns it on.
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Cultivating an app for how your garden grows
Growstuff lets you track your plantings -- and puts your data to work for a wider community.
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Clean energy clash: Solar advocates and conservationists butt heads
As more government land is earmarked for solar and other renewable energy projects, some environmental activists in the West are not happy.
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EV market threatened by spat over charger standards
Two incompatible electric-vehicle charging systems are fighting for dominance, like a replay of the '80s-era battle between VHS and Betamax.
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Company responsible for latest Gulf blowout complains about overregulation
The fire is out at the gas-drilling rig that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico this week, but a debate about drilling regulations has sparked back to life.
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Halliburton admits it destroyed Deepwater Horizon evidence
When Halliburton's computer simulations showed it could have shared blame for the epic blowout and oil spill, the company destroyed the results.
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Yawn at this vending machine for free coffee
Don't unplug Hal. He's about to caffeinate you!
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Court tells Transocean to stop obstructing Deepwater Horizon investigation
Transocean has been refusing to hand over documents to the federal government, but now a federal appeals court says it must.