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Palm oil: Bad for workers as well as orangutans
The environmental sins of the palm oil industry are well known, but its egregious human-rights abuses have been overlooked -- until now.
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Big Oil sued for destroying wetlands around Gulf of Mexico
A Louisiana flood control agency is seeking billions from BP, ExxonMobil, and other oil giants to fund restoration efforts.
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How the White House watered down rules on coal-plant water pollution
In 2009, EPA sent some tough regulations on water pollution from coal waste to the White House for review. They were subsequently (and substantially) weakened. A new report reveals what happened.
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Forget solar panels, here come building-integrated photovoltaics
A growing number of architects and builders are incorporating photovoltaics directly into walls, roofs, and windows.
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The end of lobster rolls? Not so fast
Maine’s lobster population is flourishing thanks two highly destructive, human-induced forces: climate change and overfishing.
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Tomato and apple peels can help purify water
They're adsorbent, which means they attract and capture ions and other pollutants on their surface.
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Another drilling blowout in the Gulf, another explosion
A well off the Louisiana coast blew out on Tuesday, sending out a cloud of natural gas that exploded into a fire, engulfing the drilling platform.
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Genetic engineering: Do the differences make a difference?
Where you come down on nature -- cradle or battlefield? -- shapes how you think about the risks of genetically modified food.
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As citrus disease spreads, government cryopreserves tree roots
With a bacterial disease threatening the country's citrus industry, USDA scientists are flash-freezing tree roots in case they need to be regrown in the future.
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Historic lawsuit alleges ag-gag is unconstitutional
Ag-gag laws bar people from recording what happens at factory farms. Utah's ag-gag law is being challenged in the first lawsuit of its kind.
