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Updates on things I’m obsessed with
The latest on: the Supreme Court and an exciting FERC order; Peabody Energy and a misguided constitutional scholar; and coal export terminals and why we don’t need more.
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Don’t blame climate change for California’s terrible drought
But rising temperatures might be making it worse.
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The world is actually making some progress on fighting climate change
We're on track for 3 degrees C of warming, says a new report. That's still enough to cause big problems, but it's less of a rise than we'd been fearing.
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Obama disses Keystone XL on the Colbert Report
We need to make sure Keystone XL doesn't contribute to disastrous warming of the planet, President Obama said.
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A green utopia deep in Mississippi? This guy has a game plan
Kali Akuno wants to build an eco-village in the middle of Jackson, Miss. And so far, he's getting all the cooperation he needs.
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Lousiana has a crazy plan to save its sinking coastline
The state hopes to save its rapidly disappearing coastline with a 50-year, $50 billion plan based on science that’s never been tested and money it doesn’t have. What could go wrong?
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Coal giant exploits the global poor to save its own hide
Peabody Energy, the world's biggest private coal company, is trying to pitch itself as a friend of poor people. Oh, the ironies abound.
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The Supreme Court has no time for BP’s BS
SCOTUS denied the oil giant's request to take another look at the Deepwater Horizon settlement.
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Paris plans to ban cars from its city center
To fight smog, the city's badass mayor wants to outlaw unnecessary traffic, ban all diesel cars, and double the number of bike lanes.
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Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests
Still missing the connection between the fight for the planet and the movement that has grown out of the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner? Let us explain.
