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January 7, 2016
Marco Rubio Finds Common Ground With Armed Militia In Oregon
Rubio is a big supporter of selling off America's public lands.
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After At Least 2,300 Home Evacuations, Big Methane Leak Causes State Of Emergency
The leak has been going on for more than 80 days, and at least 2,300 families have been evacuated.
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Why James Hansen Is Wrong About Nuclear Power
Nuclear power might play a modest role in avoiding catastrophic global warming, but renewables will play a much bigger role in any plausible scenario.
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January 6, 2016
TransCanada Announces It Will Sue U.S. Over Keystone XL Denial
TransCanada is striking back.
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This Controversial Pesticide Is Harming Honeybees
The EPA is taking the first step in figuring out whether a controversial form of pesticides is deadly to bees.
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Oklahoma Fracking Company Defies Plan To Reduce Earthquakes
The link between Oklahoma's earthquakes and fracking is about to be tested.
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With Twice The Protein As Quinoa, The Pulse Might Be The Year’s New Hot ‘Superfood’
Beans, lentils, and chickpeas are looking to get a boost in 2016, thanks to a U.N. initiative.
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January 5, 2016
Sanders Blasts Trump On Weird Climate Change Claim
Sanders just laughed at the Republican frontrunner.
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The Environmental Movement Awakens
Star Wars is not the only popular 1970s franchise that showed in 2015 it still has muscles. The remarkable reawakening of the environmental movement -- which also saw its biggest successes in the 1970s -- might be the sleeper story of the year.
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Residents Sue Over ‘Negligent’ Practices By Gas Company, As Pipeline Leak Goes Into Third Month
SoCal Gas reported removed a safety valve years ago that could have stopped the ongoing disaster.
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