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Turf war: In the battle for our crops, superweeds are winning
The biotech companies told us that GMO crops would save us, but they’ve just created new monsters. Perhaps it’s time for a new approach.
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Tea Partiers fight over solar power in Georgia, and the solar fans win
A Koch-backed group didn't want a new solar mandate, but another set of Tea Partiers thinks energy diversity is a smart idea.
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Fracking industry cleanup workers exposed to benzene in Colorado, feds allege
Workers sent to clean up natural-gas liquid spilled by a plant that processes fracked gas near Parachute Creek, Colo., were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.
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Solar installations soar in California
California utility customers installed a record-breaking 391 megawatts of solar power systems last year, thanks to a successful rebate program.
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Illinois town bans stripping because of fracking
Fairfield, Ill., is outlawing nude and exotic dancing in order to head off any trouble that might accompany an influx of fracking workers.
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DIY contraption for making all-natural makeup lets you be the world’s prettiest chemist
With a few basic ingredients (water, scented plants like roses or lavender, and bases like beeswax or almond oil), this invention concocts eyeliner, scented balms, and other beautifying products.
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Confirmed: Fracking triggers quakes and seismic chaos
A new study in Science links tremors near Midwest injection sites with huge quakes thousands of miles away.
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Arkansas tar-sands spill was an accident 60 years in the making
The oil pipeline that ruptured beneath Mayflower was defective when was laid in the 1940s. Why didn't Exxon know? Where else was the flawed piping used?
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Here comes the son: Barry Goldwater Jr. fights for solar power in Arizona
Barry Goldwater Jr. is putting the family name behind an effort to protect solar energy's growing share of the electricity market.
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“Solid Rain” keeps plants hydrated even in droughts
Usually, we try to steer clear of mysterious powder imported from Mexico, but "Solid Rain" has us rethinking that maxim.
