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Major Norwegian Pension Fund Drops Tar Sands Investments
Citizens and community leaders converging this weekend in Northern Alberta for the annual “Tar Sands Healing Walk” will likely be quite happy with news that another major European financial institution is dropping their investments in Canada’s tar sands. Norwegian financial services giant, Storebrand, issued an update saying that the company has divested it’s financial interests […]
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It’s Past Time to Confirm EPA Chief Nominee Gina McCarthy
Patience is wearing thin. For more than three months, Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency has been stuck in limbo due to procedural stalling tactics in the Senate. That’s why the Sierra Club has released two ads that target specific senators, asking them to be a part of the solution […]
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U.K. throws party for world’s biggest offshore wind farm
In the Thames Estuary, 175 turbines are providing enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes.
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Climate change could be leading to more El Ninos
El Niño events appear to have become more commonplace as the globe has warmed, a new study finds. Meanwhile, another study could make El Niños easier to predict.
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Does climate change make Western firefighting more dangerous?
The tragic deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona renews debate about global warming's influence on wildfires.
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Coal industry flails around for a new PR strategy
Last week I looked at the coal industry’s failed PR efforts, which even Luke Popovich, the head of the National Mining Association, admits has not worked: “Anyway, ‘war on coal’ never resonated with much conviction among ordinary Americans. For them, the EPA keeps the air and water clean, their kids safe.” One of the problems, […]
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Oil spill stretches 10 miles down a river in Mississippi
More than 200 barrels of oil spewed out of a malfunctioning oil well in rural Mississippi, contaminating the Chickasawhay River.
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 4. Food or Fuel?
At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the importing countries were beginning to ask themselves if there were alternatives to oil. In a number of countries, particularly the United States, several in Europe, and Brazil, the idea of growing crops to produce fuel for cars was appealing. The modern biofuels […]
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Energy Lessons From the Middle East
Last week Arnold Schwarzenegger, chairman of the R20 Regions of Climate Action, signed an agreement in Algeria to address waste and sustainable energy challenges in the Mediterranean and North Africa. At the same time, a meeting of officials in Bahrain examined technologies and strategies to help that nation evolve into one of the most energy […]
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What’s up with Gina McCarthy’s nomination to head the EPA?
Obama nominated her four months ago, but Republicans have been holding up the process. Might they finally be ready to let it proceed?
