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Farmers vs. cities in the war for water
Apr 11, 2013
Water laws in the West often give priority to whose who used a water source first, often farmers. Farmers in New Mexico are fighting to regain their place at the head of the line.
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Corn prices plummet, will the price of Cheerios?
Apr 4, 2013
Corn prices are tanking amid stuffed silos and plans for the country’s biggest planting in decades.
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Oil spills, pipelines, and angry environmentalists, oh my!
Apr 4, 2013
The latest oil spill in Arkansas has environmentalists up in arms over how Big Oil transports their product.
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Brazil, Latin American farmers targeted by biotech
Apr 3, 2013
Monsanto reports earnings and a lot of the company’s growth is based on Latin America.
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Your gas bill will rise under new rules (but by how much?)
Mar 29, 2013
Oil companies say new EPA rules on sulfur levels in gas will increase prices several cents a gallon, but higher refining costs could play out many ways.
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Could EPA sulfur cuts affect gas prices?
Mar 29, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose a new rule today that will require refiners to cut the amount of sulfur in gasoline by two thirds.
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America's tallest structure would generate power
Mar 29, 2013
A Maryland energy company wants to build the world's third-tallest structure to generate downdraft power in the Arizona desert.
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Drillers and enviros try to set fracking standards together
Mar 22, 2013
Can natural-gas companies and environmental groups together set standards for fracking that will win the public's trust? An experiment in Pennsylvania will try.
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Cattle ranchers get ready for the year ahead
Mar 21, 2013
We check in with Ken Lenox, cattle rancher in Rolla, Missouri about the lingering effects of last summer's drought.
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A Pennsylvania fracking settlement answers a few questions
Mar 21, 2013
The case arises in the first region of Pennsylvania to see fracking for natural gas. A family with a well contaminated by chemicals received a payment,
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