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Fighting city hall is easier than running it, Richmond’s green reformers find
The progressive alliance that took over local government in Richmond, Calif., has slashed the crime rate and raised taxes on Chevron. But every win has been a struggle.
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The New “CIA”
As I write this, a new CIA, the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, is completing six days of a tipi encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Throughout the past week Indigenous people from Canada, Idaho, South Dakota, Minnesota, Oklahoma and elsewhere have joined with ranchers and farmers from Nebraska to dramatize and bring to […]
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Cowboys and Indians stage a feisty Keystone XL protest
An alliance of Native Americans, ranchers, and farmers stormed the National Mall -- not your usual anti-pipeline rally.
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How a cop’s blows turned Richmond’s Andres Soto into a climate activist
In Richmond, Calif., Chevron always pulled the strings -- till a group of progressives started fighting back. Here's how all that started.
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Vermont will label genetically engineered food
The state's rule -- the first in the nation -- faces likely challenges in court, and could be overridden by a federal law.
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Plastic Bag Bans Spreading in the United States
By Janet Larsen and Savina Venkova Los Angeles rang in the 2014 New Year with a ban on the distribution of plastic bags at the checkout counter of big retailers, making it the largest of the 132 cities and counties around the United States with anti-plastic bag legislation. And a movement that gained momentum in […]
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Corn waste-based ethanol could be worse for the climate than gasoline
Cellulosic ethanol was supposed to be a climate savior, but a new study casts doubt on that assumption.
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Students Sit-In, Rally to Get Washington University to Cut Ties With Peabody Coal
If you’re looking for clean energy inspiration, we’ve had lots of it this past week, courtesy of a phenomenal group of Washington University (St. Louis) students who are holding a sit-in until the school cuts ties with Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company. For almost two weeks now, students have been holding a sit-in […]
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Numbers on the board: The Gulf Coast, four years after the BP disaster
BP says the coast is clear. Here are the numbers. You be the judge.
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Here’s how the media is getting the story on cities & millennials wrong
The trendsetters at the New York Times tell us that millennials are flocking to urban centers. That’s partly true, but not just for the reasons the Times mentions.