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Beaver dams block Chevron oil spill in Utah
Thousands of gallons of diesel spilled into a river in Chevron's third pipeline spill in Utah in three years. Two oil-coated beavers were rescued.
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Bipartisan support for distributed clean energy, in Iowa of all places
Republicans and Democrats recently came together to advance a bill that would encourage ownership of small-scale wind power by farmers. Is it a sign of things to come?
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Farmland prices soar — along with farm debt
Never mind the drought: When the farmland price bubble pops, America's farmers could be under water.
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Natural-gas liquid is gushing near a Colorado creek, and nobody can figure out how to stop it
More than 60,000 gallons of unidentified hydrocarbon gunk have leaked into the ground near a gas processing plant, and more just keeps on leaking.
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Researchers find that ‘wind turbine syndrome’ is bogus
Complaints about turbine-caused illness tend to surface after wind-energy opponents have made a stink and caused people to worry.
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America’s infrastructure grade improves to a still very sad D+
For the first time in 15 years, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a better grade than last time.
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Google Maps can now make you a virtual mountain climber
Google Maps gets you from your house to Petco. And now it gets you to the world's highest peaks.
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Best Kickstarter ever: This fourth-grade class is building its very own solar array, and you can help
Aaron's Class started their Kickstarter with the goal of raising $800. So far, they've raised $3,500.
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Green tech incubator Greenstart ups its game
The company has traded in its accelerator program for a beefier venture capital strategy dedicated to well-designed cleantech.
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Louisiana pipeline fire, now extinguished, sickened residents
One out of every 10 residents of a nearby town say pollution from the pipeline accident and the resulting days-long fire made them sick.
