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Dramatically different views emerge on the future of oil

by Andy Uhler
May 24, 2017
OPEC nations meet this week to discuss cuts to oil production, as prices for crude remain in a slump. Price volatility, changes to car technology, and other major uncertainties are leading to widely divergent views on the future of oil – namely, whether the world will see a peak in demand anytime soon. Click the […]
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Is selling half of the US petroleum reserve a good idea?

by Scott Tong
May 23, 2017
The Trump administration in its budget proposes to sell off half of the country’s strategic reserve of crude oil. The idea is that putting more than 300 million barrels of energy onto the market could raise more than $16 billion over the course of a decade. Proponents note that the oil market is more open, […]
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Prospective cuts have EPA workers weighing their options

by Jed Kim
May 23, 2017
The question of staying or going comes up anytime political control shifts. For some, the time to go may come soon.
EPA staffers have been dealing with massive shifts in the way their agency operates, with executive orders that have mandated reviews or canceled several environmental initiatives and rhetoric about reducing regulation.
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Large manufacturers are looking to increase profits by reducing waste

by Jana Kasperkevic
May 22, 2017
Choosing between profits and sustainability is antiquated, according to a new study about the “circular economy” business model.
An increasing number of countries and economies think circular economy is a good idea.
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Why Pittsburgh is buying $1,200 garbage cans

by Erika Beras
May 18, 2017
The smart cans are meant to save time and money, but some trash collectors are skeptical.
Robert Sledge, from the Department of Public Works, empties trash cans in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Mega-dams, like Hoover, probably wouldn't be built today

by Sarah Gardner
Mar 29, 2017
Dams are costly and have gone out of style. We also know more about their environmental impact.
Hoover Dam in 1936, the year it was completed. The dam was finished two years ahead of schedule and under budget, a feat unlikely to occur today.
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Details on ‘astonishingly high’ pollution in Nigeria emerge nine years after spill

by Scott Tong
Mar 24, 2017
A geologist says mangroves remain soaked in oil from a 2008 pipeline spill.
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Which areas will see cuts under Trump's budget?

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 16, 2017
One big winner: people who want to see a smaller government.
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Last of pipeline opponents leave North Dakota protest camp

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 22, 2017
Most left peacefully, but some were arrested after the government's deadline to leave the area.
Campers set structures on fire in preparation of the Army Corp's deadline to leave the Oceti Sakowin protest camp today in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Activists and protesters have occupied the Standing Rock Sioux reservation for months in opposition to the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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How the new EPA chief can take the agency in a new direction

by Andy Uhler
Feb 20, 2017
President Donald Trump picked his new National Security Adviser today. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will replace Michael Flynn, who resigned after withholding information about a call with Russia’s ambassador. Tomorrow, Scott Pruitt — another high-profile appointee — will take his job as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Pruitt has a complicated past with […]
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