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Everybody chill out a little, carbon trading will be fine
A recent effort to reform the European Union's carbon-trading system failed, but that doesn't mean carbon trading is dead in Europe, or anywhere else.
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Sierra Club comes out in favor of immigration reform
The group's board has unanimously endorsed a pathway to citizenship, a big shift after years of internal fighting over immigration.
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Fuel barges explode, burn through night in Alabama
Two gasoline barges in Mobile went up in flames on Wednesday night, critically injuring three people. The fire was put out on Thursday morning, and now an investigation into the causes is underway.
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A big blow for Big Coal in Wisconsin
One coal-fired power plant will be shut down and others will be cleaned up to make amends for air pollution violations, thanks to the EPA.
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Free-market fans hate climate science, heart conspiracy theories
Why do climate deniers refuse to accept that climate change is happening despite overwhelming scientific evidence? A new study may provide a clue.
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Court hands EPA a victory in fight against mountaintop-removal mining
A federal appeals court has ruled that the EPA can block a permit for a big, controversial coal mine in West Virginia. Activists are celebrating.
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Two More Victories in the Fight Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
While the fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining is still far from over, we are celebrating today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on a massive mountaintop removal project, the Spruce Mine. The court affirmed that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under the Clean Water Act to […]
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Flood-drought-flood: Is this the new normal?
Drought has given way to flooding in the Midwest, the latest manifestation of a vicious cycle that appears to be driven by climate change.
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Three Unequal Choices for a Local (Renewable) Energy Future
Earth Day highlights the need for a sustainable energy future, and experience suggests that there are only three meaningful choices for communities trying to increase local control of a greener energy future. But the three policies – deregulation (“customer choice”), municipal aggregation (“city choice”), and municipal utilities (“city ownership”) – are not equal. Two recent […]
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Koch brothers want to buy L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, six other papers
Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch -- mega-funders of climate denial and right-wing causes -- are looking to get into the media business.
