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Recovery from WV Coal Chemical Spill Continues – What Next?
As a West Virginian, this has been a sad, frustrating, and infuriating time for me, though I do not live in the area affected by last week’s coal chemical spill. More than 300,000 people in the WV capital of Charleston and downstream counties have been without water for eight days and counting. The chemical that […]
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Safety rules to prevent oil-train explosions delayed
Freight train operators won't be required to improve the safety of their tankers until next year, but they say they'll take voluntary steps in the meantime.
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D.C. is leaking more methane than a burpy cow
Duke University's Robert Jackson has discovered that when it comes to methane burps and farts, cows have nothing on cities.
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U.S. CO2 emissions are on the rise, and coal-loving members of Congress want to keep it that way
After years of decline, U.S. emissions are going back up. A bill to block EPA power-plant rules would help keep them up.
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These unlucky fish got flash frozen while they were swimming
They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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The week in GIFs: Kerry Washington edition
The week's most scandalous green moments, brought to you by my imaginary BFF, Olivia Pope.
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Big green groups demand an end to Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy
If the president is serious about climate change, he needs to stop promoting fossil fuels, say the Sierra Club, NRDC, EDF, and 15 other groups.
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We can’t believe Blackfish got snubbed for an Oscar nomination
How did arguably the biggest documentary of the year get TOTALLY passed over by the Academy?
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Flood money: How Congress is botching the effort to climate-proof insurance
Lawmakers are retreating on basic reforms when they should be looking to the future, and creating even more dramatic changes.
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U.N. climate chief calls for fossil-fuel divestment
Just as importantly, Christiana Figueres says big institutional investors should triple the money they're putting into clean energy.
