by Sarah Laskow. The EPA could ask chemical companies to report on Americans' exposure to their products, but it's not . “Where's there's coal, there's opportunity”: The energy industry funds brainwashing — sorry, “education” — for students. The Grand Calumet river ferries about 200,000 cubic yards of toxic crap into Lake Michigan each year. The federal government is cleaning it up. Slowly . Bill McKibben lays out the strategy for pushing back on Obama's energy choices. Rolls-Royce owners poo-poo electric cars. The company's CEO thinks it's because his customers live in sprawly suburbs where 100 miles, the range of most EVs, just won't cut it.

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Critical List: EPA gives chemical industry a pass; Rolls-Royce owners snubs EVs

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