Environment
Google-funded spy tech to prey on poachers
December 18, 2012Both surveillance technology and Google have generated controversyt. But in opposition to the growing international threat of poaching, however, many feel they can be put to good use.
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Top ten environmental wins of 2012
December 14, 2012It's high time to look at the good points of the environmental struggle this year.
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Costa Rica bans hunting, but what about shark finning?
December 11, 2012Costa Rica officially banned hunting on December 10, becoming the first Latin American country to outlaw the sport.
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Steelworkers, allies push oil industry to increase safety at refineries
December 10, 2012How bad is the oil refining industry's pollution and worker safety problem? Well, let's put it this way: It virtually ruined an industry-backed Thanksgiving Day parade.
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N.J. chemical spill goes airborne, forces hundreds of evacuations
December 5, 2012When a train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J., sent two tanker cars hurtling into a nearby creek, the water became polluted with vinyl chloride.
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