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No, the IPCC climate report doesn’t call for a fracking boom
Ignore those misleading media reports. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change actually calls for a clean energy revolution.
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Why it matters that Democrat Mary Landrieu is bashing Obama over energy
In her first reelection ad of the year, Landrieu comes out swinging on behalf of the oil industry. Unfortunately, it's not just talk.
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Conventional farmers drop their plows in favor of conservation
A visit to one mainstream California farm that has stopped plowing turns up a surprising reason for the increasingly common change: It comes with a dollar sign.
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Enviro groups team up on new campaign funding alliance
The League of Conservation Voters and the Natural Resources Defense Council are collaborating to help get climate hawks elected. They're not in the same league as the Kochs, but it's a start.
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Top Five Earth Day Presents
What do you get Mother Earth on her big day (reminder: it’s April 22nd!)? She’s just so hard to shop for and, after all, she already has everything. She might appreciate one of those self-help books, although few moms want a gift that implies they are fat or “polluted”, but aren’t her kids the reason […]
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A Big Question for ‘Solar Choice’
Two weeks ago, Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission ratified the first-ever statewide policy for setting a fair and transparent price on solar energy. This week, a coalition of companies that provide leasing contracts for solar to home and business customers declared war on this “value of solar” policy, and pretty much every financial model for compensating […]
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The four fossil fuel stockpiles that could toast the world
A Sierra Club report looks at what would happen if the U.S. burned through its biggest oil, gas, and coal reserves -- and it ain't pretty.
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Climate clicktivism for the rich, famous, and connected
What do the NBA, Mark Ruffalo, Al Gore, and Guns 'N Roses have in common? They’ve all signed on to #climate, a new app that connects influencers to climate causes.
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U.S. urges IPCC to be less boring, try this whole “online” thing
The U.N. climate panel's reports contain a lot of information, but can anyone stand to read them?
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Olivia Munn wants you to save elephants (and the planet) — send her mangoes
It takes an above-average green geek to be as pretty, poised, and pants-less as Olivia Munn. Vote here to send her a fruit basket.