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Can business save the world from climate change?
August 15, 2017 — “We are still in.” On June 5, 2017, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with...
Predators preserve existing animal species
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Mosses used to evaluate atmospheric conditions in urban areas
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How friction evolves during an earthquake
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Supervolcanoes: A key to America’s electric future?
Researchers show that lake sediments preserved within ancient supervolcanoes can host large lithium-rich clay deposits. A domestic source of lithium would help meet the...
Gas flaring rises despite North Dakota regulations.
Natural gas flares from a well in McKenzie County, N.D. Tim Evanson/Flickr
Gas flaring in North Dakota's Bakken Shale oil field has been creeping back...
Trump to reverse Obama-era order aimed at planning for climate change.
President Trump is expected to revoke an order requiring federal funds recipients to consider risk-management standards when building in flood zones. (Andrew Harnik/AP)President...
Colstrip ash pond cleanup will cost $138M, Talen Energy estimates.
Talen Energy has put a $138 million price tag on capping Colstrip Power Plant’s toxic coal ash ponds.
The co-owner and operator of the southeast...
Second crude spill hits one mile of Kuwait coast: Agency.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwaiti authorities said on Tuesday they were battling a new crude oil spill in the Abu Fatira area, a day after...
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