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A Proposed Maryland Law Wants To Make Big Chicken Producers Responsible For Dealing With Their Poop

The Poultry Litter Management Act would require poultry producers in Maryland to be solely responsible for the chicken manure that their contract farmers produce.

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California Attorney General Files Charges Over L.A.’s Natural Gas Leak

Southern California Gas Company is learning that it's probably illegal to let 90,000 tons of methane into the air and sicken thousands of people.

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Punxsutawney Phil’s Predictions Won’t Matter Much If The Earth Keeps Warming Like It Is

We're stuck in a movie where it's always the hottest decade on record -- and where eventually, no one is going to care about what Punxsutawney Phil thinks about whether it's going to be an early spring or not.

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In The Biggest Energy Bill The Senate Has Debated In 8 Years, They Forgot Coal

“I think the greatest thing the coal industry can get -- won’t make them happy -- but to get some acknowledgement that the industry is in sharp decline.”

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Australia Boasts That It Has Met Its Climate Goals, But There’s Reason To Be Skeptical

According to a new analysis, Australia, long an outsider in global climate policy, could fall very short of its climate goals.

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Why The Renewables Revolution Is Now Unstoppable

It's now possible to incorporate very large amounts of variable renewable power like solar and wind into the electric grid cost-effectively without harming reliability. Here's how.

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In A Victory For Environmentalists, Officials Halt Offshore Fracking Permits In California

Fracking in otterland is probably not the best idea.

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Voter Asks Ben Carson: If You’re So Smart, Why Don’t You Accept Climate Change?

Daniel Schnall, 29, said he didn't understand how Carson could preach the importance of education and deny mainstream science.

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Local Governments In Florida May No Longer Be Able To Ban Fracking In Their Communities

The Florida House passed a bill this week that would allow regulated fracking throughout the state, but would also stop local bans on fracking.

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European Summers Are The Warmest They’ve Been In Two Millennia, Study Says

We may have underestimated how hot European summers are now, compared to the region's past.

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