Faced with challenging cleanups, states are relaxing some environmental protection regulations in the affected areas. But this might only aggravate the environmental hazards lingering in the rubble.
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U.S. Tornado Damage Goes Beyond Buildings And Trees
New Film Documents The Impact Of Vanishing Bees
If you attend a Memorial Day BBQ, you might find yourself ducking the unwanted advances of a honey bee. But before you scream and run inside the house, consider for a moment that without those bees, there wouldn't be a BBQ.
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How To Quit Coal In 30 Seconds (Video)
On Wednesday, eight Greenpeace activists scaled a 450-foot smokestack at a 100 year-old coal power plant in Chicago. What happened next was truly a sight to behold.
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EPA’s Lisa Jackson Denies The Danger Of Hydraulic Fracturing
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is doing her best to follow in Obama's fence-sitting footsteps: pledging to protect the environment and American health in one breath, and then pandering to Big Oil and Gas in the next.
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Emmylou Harris Wants You To Save The Last Mountain (Video)
The Last Mountain, is a new documentary about the coal companies' mission to destroy every last mountain in America.
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Obama Proposes Forest Rules That Leave Water & Wildlife At Risk
National forests are a source of drinking water for about 124 million Americans. According to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report, these areas and grasslands sustain 223,000 jobs in rural areas and contribute $14.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy.
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