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L.A. launches nation’s largest solar rooftop program
The program will pay residents for excess solar power they produce on their roofs, with the aim of generating enough to power 30,000 homes.
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Giant, oil-belching sinkhole dooms more than 100 homes in Louisiana
The 15-acre sinkhole was caused by the collapse of a salt mine that served the petrochemical industry.
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Study says tar-sands oil not more likely to leak; activists fault study
Enviros criticized the methodology and scope of a study that found tar-sands pipelines to be just as safe as regular oil pipelines.
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Record-breaking Volkswagen is more fuel-efficient than your hybrid
Do YOU get 78 miles to the gallon? Didn't think so.
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The two things we learned about Obama’s plans to regulate coal
Obama's climate speech and plan contained few details about upcoming EPA carbon rules for power plants, but we do now know a couple of important things.
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Study links fracking to drinking water pollution
Water wells close to natural-gas operations in Pennsylvania were more likely than others to be contaminated with dissolved methane and other gases, researchers found.
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FBI chases anti-GMO activists while ignoring Monsanto’s transgressions
Somebody uprooted GMO sugar beet plants, and the FBI is in hot pursuit. But it's not concerned about the illegal Monsanto GMO wheat that popped up in a field recently.
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EPA delays fracking safety study until 2016
The agency is investigating the risks posed to drinking water by fracking. It was supposed to be done in 2014, but now it says it'll be two years late.
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One day your car battery could be made of wood
Scientists at the University of Maryland just tested a battery made of sodium, tin, and microscopic wood fibers from yellow pine trees.
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Taco Bell is making its meat healthier by refusing to call it “meat”
But if the word “meat” makes things sound unhealthy, what about the words “Taco Bell”?