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ExxonMobil deserves a pat on the back for Arkansas spill response, says congressmember
ExxonMobil spilled some 200,000 gallons of oil in Mayflower, Ark. But don't be too harsh on the company, says Rep. Markwayne Mullin.
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BP oil spill cleanup continues, three years after blowout
Tar balls and oil mats are still tarnishing Gulf Coast beaches, and BP is still refusing to take full responsibility and pay for full restoration.
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Indiana lawmakers, who are also coal company execs, help coal industry
A plan to build a pricey coal-gasification plant is getting help from not-so-impartial legislators. Hoosiers could get hosed as a result.
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How science can predict where you stand on Keystone XL
Want to make sense of the feud between pipeline activists and "hippie-punching" moderates? Talk to the researchers.
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None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use
A sobering new study finds that the world's biggest industries burn through $7.3 trillion worth of free natural capital a year. And it's the only reason they turn a profit.
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European leaders let cap-and-trade flounder
The European Union's carbon-trading system is no longer working effectively, and the E.U. parliament on Tuesday voted against fixing it.
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What’s bugging your meat? Shit and antibiotics, probably
Take a deep breath, carnivores: 87 percent of supermarket meat tests positive for normal and antibiotic-resistant forms of Enterococcus bacteria.
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Activists to Interior: Stop letting coal companies pillage our land, atmosphere, and treasury
Green groups are calling on the Obama administration to stop selling off publicly owned coal at bargain-basement prices to rapacious energy companies.
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Chevron ignored a decade of warnings before Richmond refinery explosion
The company knew about a corroding pipe at its refinery in the San Francisco Bay area, but didn't fix it -- and that's why the refinery exploded last August.
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Help fund these tiny reef-repairing robots, and get your name printed on a coral reef
Coralbots are tiny robots that work in autonomous underwater swarms to repair coral. And if you donate to their Kickstarter, you can put your name on a bot or on part of a reef.
