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This company wants to make billions by pumping water from the Mojave Desert
Cadiz Inc. plans to pump 814 billion gallons from the desert’s aquifer to L.A. and other California communities.
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Breaking: We’re ignorant and lazy consumers who judge people for doing the right thing
Researchers say we prefer to be "willfully ignorant" when it comes to the ethical issues behind our purchases.
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The Obama administration just sued Volkswagen over its emissions cheating
The suit follows up on the EPA's allegations that VW installed illegal software to cheat on emissions tests.
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The biggest U.S. climate and energy stories of 2015
Here are five of the biggest climate milestones of the year.
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Other countries have good hitchhiking apps. Why doesn’t the United States?
Ride-sharing is catching on around the world, but still lagging in the U.S.
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The food writing that set my brain on fire this year
From tanking startups to banning tips, from seafood-prepping slaves to climate-protecting seaweed, these works of food journalism brightened the year.
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Here’s why repealing the crude oil export ban wasn’t such a bad deal
The repeal was a gift to the oil industry, but at least Democrats got some good stuff in return.
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Fancy New York hotels commit to going green
The Waldorf Astoria is among the hotels committed to reducing CO2 emissions by 30 percent.
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Here’s the good news about Earth from this year
These are the top stories from 2015 that actually give us hope for the future.
