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Natural-gas well explosion near Denver kills one, injures three
The explosion appears to have been from a pressure build-up, as opposed to combustion.
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For some reason, this lady is mad about Enbridge cutting down her trees without permission
Canada-based Enbridge illegally chopped down about 50 trees to make way for a tar-sands pipeline -- a replacement for the pipeline that caused the largest on-shore oil spill in U.S. history two years ago.
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Next-level sh!t: Bill Gates has seen the future, and it is craptacular
Bill and Melinda Gates host the Super Bowl for the toilet of the future, inspiring some seriously space-age concraptions.
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Kentucky coal headed to India under new deal
From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Kentucky coal producers have reached an agreement to export 9 million tons of coal annually to India for the next 25 years in a $7 billion […]
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Shell gets it backward, starts polluting Alaskan water before it drills
The Keystone Kops of oil exploration are up to more wacky hijinks.
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One down: Planned coal export terminal in Washington is cancelled
Several coal export terminals have been proposed along the West Coast. Now there's one less for activists to fight.
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Electric DeLorean could get you back to a slightly less grim future
When we think about how we’re going to save the environment from the ravages of fossil fuels, our first thought is not generally “with gull-wing doors.” Well, luckily not everyone […]
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Enbridge CEO tries to defend tar-sands pipeline, says ridiculous nonsense
Enbridge chief Patrick Daniel went on the radio to try to convince people to like his company's plan for a pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia, and ended up just eating his feet.
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Meet Harold Hamm, the billionaire oil tycoon who’s advising Mitt Romney on energy
A profile of Hamm in the Washington Post seems bound to get people to like him. They shouldn't.
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Smile! You’re on constant camera: What does the end of privacy mean for green causes?
Is privacy passe? And what does a surveillance society mean for green causes?