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Amazon starts up site for green products, does not claim it will solve the world’s problems
When we're going to buy stuff, we want it to be as planet- and human-friendly as possible. But we don't want to be told to pat ourselves on the back just because we bought something made from bamboo.
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Insurer: Hey, these climate-related disasters are getting expensive
Apparently the best way to get people to care about the changing climate is to make it cost them money.
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Guess how many times the House voted for fossil fuels and against clean energy
Hint: a lot. A new report spells out the dirty details.
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Watch live as a guy freefalls from space
Felix Baumgartner is jumping out of a balloon in the stratosphere, and skydiving all the way to Earth.
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Youngstown, Ohio, could turn to fracking to clean up mess left by steel industry
The city's effort to remove abandoned properties has run out of money. So to raise cash, it's considering a return to dirty industry.
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Comically evil coal honcho could face investigations into fundraising trickery
Robert Murray, who has coerced employees into being in a Romney ad and donating to Republicans, could be investigated for potential lawbreaking.
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Yes, coal is dying, but no, EPA is not the main culprit
A Christian Science Monitor headline claims that EPA regulations are squelching coal companies. Not so: David Roberts explains what's really snuffing out the industry.
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BP sells disaster site to pay bills from another disaster
BP is selling its refinery in Texas where an explosion killed 15 people in 2005. The money will go to clean up the Deepwater Horizon mess. The big wheel of life keeps turning.
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A new ‘golden age of oil’ in the U.S.? Don’t believe it
Those like Mitt Romney who claim that the U.S. can achieve energy “independence” by 2020 are delusional. "Extreme energy" is an extreme dead end.
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Finally! Chipotle signs deal to pay tomato pickers more
The agreement brings an end to a long fight between the restaurant chain and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
