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Column: Drilling efforts would quell rising gas prices
An article released by the Associated Press last week reported that drivers have been paying record prices for gasoline. The national average for Aug. 20 was $3.72 per gallon, up from $3.58 a gallon in 2011.
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Column: New wave of American energy production touts mixed economic benefits
The U.S. economy added just 80,000 jobs in June, a third-straight month of weak hiring. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, but it would have been much worse without the boom in domestic oil and gas production. There are actual labor shortages in expanding oil and gas areas of the U.
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Studies show previously unseen effects of 2010 BP oil spill
The BP oil spill hurt more creatures than we can see. Recent discoveries in samples taken from the Gulf Coast’s white sands have shown that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill affected more than just the animals visible to humans. Auburn U.
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Editorial: California bullet train budget is state suicide
It is slower than a speeding bullet, less powerful than an airplane and can leap small distances in half the time. It is a waste, it is a pain — no! It is the bullet train.
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Report warns Earth may be approaching an environmental tipping point
A group of 22 researchers from around the world are warning of imminent and irreversible changes to the Earth’s biosphere resulting from a combination of human population growth, mass consumption and extensive environmental destruction.
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Column: Human disregard plays into plastic bag ban
Los Angeles made history last week when it became the largest city to pass the much-discussed plastic bag ban, catalyzing the transition from a small-scale, grassroots movement to one that’s in the mainstream consciousness. According to the Los Angeles Times, the L.A.
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Column: The descent of Mann
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 2nd against Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and his renewed attempts to obtain access to the emails and documents used in the research of a former U. Virginia professor.
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World’s population too large to accomodate urban farming, new study finds
The debate of organic versus conventional agriculture continues as a new study published by researchers at McGill U. and U.
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Coral reefs may survive changes in climate
The future of the world’s coral reefs may not be as grim as we think. A recent study conducted by researchers at the James Cook U.