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New EPA rules on industrial boiler pollution could prevent 8,100 premature deaths a year
Environmental and health advocates, however, argue that the new rules don't go far enough.
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72 percent of bids at California’s carbon auction came from one company’s mistake
Edison International wasted $16 million on pollution credits it didn't want.
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Appeals court rejects industry attempt to kill EPA regulation of greenhouse gases
This is a win for the EPA and climate action. But the fight's not over yet -- the case could get kicked up to the Supreme Court.
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House GOP wants to crack down on environmental regs because jobs
After all, the record boom in domestic oil and gas extraction is clearly not boomy enough.
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Huge power plant gives up on coal, the Times reports with a shrug
The closure of the Big Sandy coal plant in Kentucky is Big News -- but not, it seems, to The New York Times.
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America’s fastest-growing state: North Frackota
The lure of jobs overcomes the deterrent of boredom.
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Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger, sorta green activist and Keystone XL fan
How the former governor got that gig and what it tells us about his next chapter.
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Keystone XL wouldn’t use top-of-the-line leak detection, because that would be no fun
Hunting leaks is a great game, albeit deadly and gross.
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The Beetbox is a drum machine made of vegetables, and it actually sounds pretty good
Turns out you can make a pretty good beatbox out of actual beets.
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Bangladesh fire shows why we can’t trust Walmart to green its supply chain
The retailer says its suppliers are going green, but as a recent factory fire revealed, Walmart won't even divulge who its suppliers are.
