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Earthquake dashboard streamlines Oklahoma regulatory response.

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New fees for hybrid, electric drivers locked into SC roads plan.

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Dakota Access Pipeline ready to open for business.

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French presidential election: Nationalism meets environmentalism.

By Rick Mitchell French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron would push for tougher EU rules on pesticide use and endocrine disruptors, while his opponent Marine Le...

Growth of East Antarctic Ice Sheet was less than previously suggested

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New technology measures small-scale currents that transport ocean plastics, oil spills

Researchers have developed a new technology to measure the currents near the ocean's surface that carry pollutants such as plastics and spilled oil.

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Myanmar coal plant growth could kill 280,000.

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