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Media for Sale: Coal Lobby Buys Politico, Real Clear Politics Events
Last week, the political news website Real Clear Politics hosted a Washington DC event (video) targeted at an elite media and policy audience. Held at the gleaming Newseum, site of many such events, it was entitled, “U.S. Energy Policy: The Road Ahead,” and appeared to be a genuine policy discussion. It was, in fact, an infomercial. […]
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How safe is our drinking water?
Poisoning the enemy is a long-standing military strategy.
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Will the U.K. follow the U.S. on a fracking binge?
British Prime Minister David Cameron seems desperate to mimic America's natural-gas boom, but plenty of hurdles stand in his way.
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We may have to suck up CO2 to prevent planet from frying, U.N. says
A leaked draft of an IPCC report says we might need mass-scale geoengineering to fend off the worst of climate change. Al Gore says that's "insane."
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Congress moves to restore ban on horse slaughter
Slaughterhouses that want to sell horsemeat might fight back by filing a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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De Blasio has a new plan to protect pedestrians on NYC streets
New York's new mayor pledges to tackle a long-ignored problem: traffic and speeding violations that threaten walkers and cyclists.
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Global warming denial hits a six-year high
The latest data is out on the prevalence of global warming denial among the U.S. public. And it isn't pretty.
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California is now really, truly, officially screwed by drought
Gov. Jerry Brown finally declared an emergency, in the midst of the worst drought in California's history.
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This LED billboard is the only way to see the sunrise in smoggy Beijing
The photo looks like something out of Blade Runner.
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The first lawsuit against Obama’s new coal limits just got filed
Here's why the state of Nebraska thinks the newly published power plant emissions regulations are illegal.
