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In win for fish, oil companies allowed to abandon old rigs
Offshore drilling rigs serve as artificial reefs, creating habitat for fish, so fisherman and enviros pushed for rule changes that would let some rigs be left in place.
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U.S. and World Bank might stop financing dirty coal plants
President Obama says the U.S. should stop funding coal power plants abroad, and the World Bank is moving in the same direction.
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The biggest oversight in Obama’s climate plan is a doozy
It's coal! Obama plans to regulate carbon emissions from coal plants, but he's doing nothing to stop coal leasing on public lands or coal exports through the Northwest to China.
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When it comes to food, technology won’t save us
A recent “hackathon” netted some nifty widgets for the foodie set, but when it comes to solving world hunger, sorry guys, there’s no app for that.
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EPA tells Ohio to stop keeping fracking secrets from first responders
Ohio lets energy companies keep emergency-management officials in the dark about the fracking chemicals they use. The EPA says that has to stop.
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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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![U.S. President Barack Obama wipes his forehead as he speaks about his vision to reduce carbon pollution while preparing the country for the impacts of climate change while at Georgetown University in Washington, June 25, 2013.]()
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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.
