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February 18, 2016
The Search Engine That’s Using Its Profits To Plant Millions Of Trees
The site finances a new tree every 12 seconds.
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February 17, 2016
CEO Behind West Virginia’s Historic Chemical Spill Gets 1 Month In Prison
"This defendant is hardly a criminal," the judge said.
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Methane Leaks Erase Climate Benefit Of Fracked Gas, Countless Studies Find
Wishful thinking and industry estimates do not actually make fracked gas a good climate strategy.
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The Mercury Rule Will Save Even More Money Than The EPA Thought
Findings such as these could be critical to the EPA's successful defense of the rule.
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In Oklahoma, Earthquakes and Lawsuits Keep Increasing
A new lawsuit is hoping to stop oil and gas companies from injecting dangerous amounts of wastewater into underground wells, before those injections cause a really big earthquake.
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February 16, 2016
Why 175 Oil And Gas Companies Could Go Bankrupt This Year
About a third of U.S. oil and gas production and exploration companies are at high risk of going bankrupt in 2016, according to a new report.
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Carbon Pollution Fuels Superwarm January, Hottest 12 Months On Record
Hot on the heels of the hottest year on record globally, NASA reports last month was the hottest January on record by far.
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Sanders And Clinton Offer Different Solutions For Nevada’s Sabotaged Solar Industry
Nevada's hundreds of laid-off solar workers could be considered their own voting bloc.
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In Exchange For Cutting Benefits, This Bankrupt Coal Company Agreed To Pay Executives Millions
Alpha Natural Resources is one of the four largest coal companies in the U.S. and filed for bankruptcy last year.
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New Gas Pipeline Route Tries To Spare Nature But Affects More Landowners
“Before we even talk about where to site a pipeline, we need to figure out what pipeline is needed, if any.”
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