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Cabot Oil files $5M suit against PA resident, lawyers.
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Acid rain battle must be continued.
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Why should New Yorkers care about what's going on in Maryland?
Because what affects Maryland also is affecting the state's vast Adirondack Park.
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State attorneys fight EPA delay in cutting methane pollution from oil and gas rigs.
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New generation nuclear designs remain elusive.
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LONDON,...
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It wasn’t even a hurricane, but heavy rains flooded New Orleans as pumps faltered.
By Tim Craig,
Brett Duke NOLA.com/Times-Picayune/Associated Press
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As Hilcorp plans to drill in Arctic waters, a troubling trail of violations surfaces.
This story was co-published with the Dallas Morning News.
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Drone tech offers new ways to manage climate change
An innovation providing key clues to how humans might manage forests and cities to cool the planet is taking flight. Researchers are using drone...
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