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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.
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Chinese wind power company charged with stealing American trade secrets
The U.S. Justice Department accuses the Chinese company of "corporate homicide" for stealing software from a U.S. company, leading to the loss of 500 jobs and $800 million.
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Your cheap watery beer now comes with less guilt
This MillerCoors facility in Colorado churns out 1,620 tons of waste every year -- and now 99.7 percent of it is recycled or reused.
