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Energy companies say releasing CO2 data would jeopardize trade secrets
The EPA wants to know how much CO2 energy companies are emitting, but the companies argue that they shouldn't have to spill such "trade secrets."
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Watch a miniature dwarf horse learn to use his custom wheelchair
Dwarf miniature horse Roozer Brews is really glad to be living in the future.
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16-year-old has finally succeeded in making plastic out of banana peels
A few years ago, Elif Bilgin, now 16, began thinking about slimy, used banana peels in an entirely new light.
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Mongolia’s most unlikely new environmentalists also happen to be neo-Nazis
But there are plenty of Mongolian environmentalists who don't also happen to be neo-Nazis, too.
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Energy Secretary Moniz says Obama is not waging war on coal
Ernest Moniz insists that fossil fuels, including coal, will remain a significant part of America's energy mix for quite some time.
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Hawaiians fight back against GMO experiments
Monsanto and other agro-giants use Hawaii as a testing ground for GMO crops and accompanying agricultural chemicals. Local lawmakers are trying to rein them in.
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Now you can help expand Google Maps, by lugging a weird heavy camera around for free
You never seem to have enough luggage when you're climbing the Himalayas. Now you could haul a camera for a massive corporation for no compensation whatsoever!
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Oil trains and terminals could be coming to the Northwest
Plans are afoot to build the region's biggest oil shipping terminal in Vancouver, Wash. -- and that's just one of many proposals for moving more oil through the Northwest by rail and ship.
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Oregon bans some insecticides following bee deaths
After 50,000 bumblebees were wiped out by pesticide spraying, Oregon decided to outlaw use of the offending products for six months.
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U.S. will help electrify Africa, but will the energy be clean or dirty?
President Obama has launched a new Power Africa initiative to bring more electricity to the continent, but the details are fuzzy.