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This ain’t The Onion: Wall Street Journal urges “more atmospheric carbon dioxide”
The country's leading financial newspaper jumps to the defense of the "demonized chemical compound" CO2.
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$1.9 billion wind project coming to Iowa
One of Warren Buffet's companies has big plans to build turbines in Iowa, creating lots of jobs and lowering electricity bills.
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Shell to drill world’s deepest offshore oil well in Gulf of Mexico
It will be about twice as deep as BP's Deepwater Horizon. But, hey, nothing to worry about.
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Fashion isn’t frivolous — it’s a matter of life and death
More than 1,100 people died in the Rana Plaza building collapse. It's time to start making connections between what we consume and what it takes to get it to us.
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Coal-export plans going off the rails in Pacific Northwest
Three of six proposed coal-export terminals in Washington and Oregon have been scrapped, and the remaining pieces of the region's coal scheme face challenges.
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A scientist made steel without releasing any greenhouse gases
He used moon soil to do it, too.
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Tesla sedan gets best Consumer Reports auto review of all time
Tesla's all-electric Model S scored 99 out of 100 from Consumer Reports. Meanwhile, Nissan's all-electric Leaf got a top safety rating from another group.
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The most controversial chart in history, explained
Climate deniers threw all their might at disproving the famous "hockey stick" climate change graph. Here's why they failed.
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Judge says EPA’s lax guidelines on dispersants can stand
Environmentalists sued EPA to force it to regulate oil dispersants more aggressively. With help from Big Oil attorneys, EPA won on a technicality.
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Strawberry fields, not forever: Workers ditch farm after it punishes them for fleeing wildfire
A farm fired workers for seeking shelter from wildfire smoke. After a media outcry, they were offered their jobs back, but most said "hell no."