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Sequestration would be bad news for clean energy and a clean environment
Under looming mandatory budget cuts, polluters would win, you would lose, and Mother Earth would cop yet another blow.
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The Energy Game is Rigged: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
By Emily E. Adams The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil, and natural gas from their prices. Subsidies manipulate the game even further. According to conservative estimates from the Global Subsidies Initiative and the International Energy Agency (IEA), governments around […]
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Inside the military’s clean-energy revolution
Damn the deniers, the doubters, and the do-nothing Congress. The Pentagon is moving full green ahead.
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Senators send pro-Keystone XL letter, once again drenched with oil money
Well, here we are again. Only mere days after the biggest rally and march in support of climate action and against the Keystone XL pipeline in US history, another letter has been sent by a group of Senators calling for approval of the troublesome (to say the least) Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, this time spear-headed by […]
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Keystone scolds should let activists be activists
The climate change effort involves both negative and positive aspects -- protesting the status quo and building sustainable alternatives. Where does activism fit in?
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After Sandy, scientists hunt for sewage in New York City’s harbors
Researchers are heading out to sea for a forensic look at the storm’s impacts.
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The doc is out: Why isn’t ‘Chasing Ice’ up for an Academy Award?
"Chasing Ice" got frozen out of a best documentary nomination at the Oscars. Does that mean Hollywood's fight against climate change is melting?
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Glean slate: Program provides fresh produce to the needy
Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.
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Supply, demand, and activism: What should the climate movement do next?
After the Keystone campaign ends, should activists focus on reducing demand for dirty energy instead of cutting off supply?
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Put Your Money Where Your Future Is: College Students Lead the Way on Fossil Fuel Divestment
While I loved every one of the thousands of faces I saw at Sunday’s massive Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C., I was especially inspired by the huge number of young people who trekked in from across the nation, carrying signs and banners, chanting and cheering along with the speakers. Amid the crowd close […]
