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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."
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California town of Sebastopol will require solar panels on all new homes
That makes two California cities that have decided in the last two months to mandate the installation of solar systems on new buildings.
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Tesla turns a profit, mulls driverless feature
The Silicon Valley-based electric-car pioneer defied critics by turning its first-ever profit. And it's talking to Google about adding an autopilot system.
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This scientist needs your help to study air pollution from coal trains
An atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington hasn't been able to get money to study dust from coal trains, so he's turning to crowd-funding.
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Nuclear plant spills radiation into Lake Michigan
The Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan never quite properly patched up a leak last year. Over the weekend, the leak turned into a gush.
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WTO kills Ontario’s green jobs initiative
A program in Ontario that promoted renewable energy produced with locally manufactured equipment got slapped down by international trade bosses.
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Carrotmob helps you give businesses a reason to make positive changes
It works like an inverse boycott. Rather than influence businesses by withholding money, customers can influence businesses by giving them money.
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Youngstown, Ohio, voters on fracking: “Yes, please”
A ballot measure that would have outlawed fracking in the city went down in defeat after a business group heavily outspent anti-fracking activists.
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Coal companies have gotten good at wrangling their way out of federal fines
Firms hit with safety citations routinely manage to get fines reduced, raising questions about the mine-safety system's effectiveness.
