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Sarah Laskow

Sarah Laskow is a reporter in New York City.

Young funny girl eating a boiled corn

America’s corn addiction

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(AP/Nati Harnik)

The end of ethanol?

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Ron and Jean Carter hold a bottle of well water outside their home in Dimock, Pennsylvania. The Carters are suing Cabot Energy for allegedly poisoning their well with toxic chemicals and water. (Reuters/Les Stone)

Confirmed: Fracking can pollute

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(AP/Achmad Ibrahim)

Ditch the “green economy”

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Apocalypse soon

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(iStockphoto/gmnicholas/Salon/Benjamin Wheelock)

Beware the Romney boys

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(Reuters)

Fracking’s the new normal

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