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City-Owned Texas Utility Already Serves 40% Renewable Energy
Is having local control of a utility the key to ramping up renewable energy? In 2011, Boulder citizens voted to have their city take over the electric utility, joining 1 in 7 Americans served by municipal electric utilities. Their feasibility study suggests they can more than double renewable energy on their system to over 50%, slashing greenhouse […]
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Why climate skeptics and evolution deniers joined forces
Climate change and evolution came under attack for different reasons, but now their skeptics are banding together.
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Will Massachusetts become the second state to ban fracking?
Legislation that would impose a 10-year moratorium on fracking is making its way through the state legislature.
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In the FDA’s actions on trans fats, are there lessons for GMO labeling?
Trans fats have been an unlabeled part of the American diet until relatively recently -- a fact that makes a good case for the "precautionary approach" to new foods.
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Al Gore is a vegan now — and we think we know why
Hint: It has four legs and might be contributing as much to climate change as all our cars and trucks combined.
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#ClimateThanks: 5 Things I’m Thankful for this Year
This Thanksgiving, people around the country are using the hashtag #ClimateThanks on Twitter to share who and what they’re thankful for in the fight against climate disruption. As director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, I have the great honor of working with people across the U.S. who are winning big climate victories week […]
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Scaring polar bears in order to save them
A small town in Canada gets a lot of traffic from hungry polar bears -- which is bad news for humans and bears alike. To keep them away, bears need to learn to fear humans.
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Proud moment: The U.S. is no longer the world’s biggest jerk on climate change
The planet's largest historical greenhouse gas polluter walked away from the U.N. climate talks looking a little better than in years past -- mainly because others behaved so badly.
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Last-minute settlement spares key environmental justice standard
A housing discrimination suit will not get its day in the Supreme Court -- and that is probably a good thing for civil rights.
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I fought the law and, actually, I won: How one lawyer helps protesters
Attorney Lauren Regan helps green activists navigate the forbidding landscape of post-9/11 law enforcement.