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Polluting industries took over this California city. Now, residents are taking it back
A small factory town on the edge of downtown Los Angeles is inventing a new way for overpolluted communities to clean themselves up.
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Can polluters block Obama’s Clean Power Plan in court?
Lawsuits from industry and Republicans are pouring forth like soot from a smokestack, aiming to undermine landmark rules for power plants.
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Watch us explain the Internet of Things with a jellyfish
Even if you care more about, say, trees than Silicon Valley-born electronics, the Internet of Things is something you should know about.
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Obama says “no” to TransCanada’s latest Keystone gambit
The company asked for a delay in review of the pipeline proposal, hoping to push the decision off to the next president. Obama denied the request.
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Proposed natural gas pipeline raises major social justice concerns
Member of Congress and black residents don't want the pipeline and the noise that comes with it.
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This philosopher has a new definition of “nature,” and it includes traffic jams
Koert van Mensvoort's vision of "Next Nature" doesn't distinguish between what's born and what's built.
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Move over, Honeycrisp: There’s a race to create America’s next big apple
Growers are scrambling to produce crisper and more flavorful varieties.
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Taco, burrito, what’s coming out of Chipotle’s Speedo? It’s troubles
This is the fast food giant's third food poisoning crisis of 2015.
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Are microbes about to remake manufacturing? This synthetic biologist thinks so
Scientists are already using custom-built microbes to make things like perfumes and food additives.
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This synthetic biology explainer involves Legos, Mark Ruffalo, and skateboards. Watch it
Engineers are learning how to build with DNA. What does that mean?
