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Lifting the crude-oil export ban would worsen pollution and climate change
If U.S. oil companies can sell their crude on the world market, they'll have more incentive to drill drill drill.
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Christie administration’s bridge-blocking stunt was bad for environment
Cars idling in traffic generate extra CO2 emissions as well as local pollution that can contribute to respiratory ailments and deaths.
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Travel leery: Which countries drive, fly, cycle, and take the train most?
Least surprising part? Americans still love their cars.
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Go bottomless on the subway tomorrow for the annual No-Pants Ride
Improv Everywhere's annual No-Pants Subway Ride takes the pants out of public transit, leaving you with only "ublic rit."
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Think “peak oil” is a discredited idea? Think again
Oil giants claim there are no limits on the future of oil and gas extraction, but they may be in for a surprise or two down the road.
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Speak up to make sure the government counts climate costs
The fossil-fuel industry is kicking up a fuss about the Obama administration's "social cost of carbon" calculations. Now the public is invited to comment too.
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Enviros and climate scientists continue their fight over nuclear power
More than 300 green groups release a letter saying no to nuclear, and climate scientist Ken Caldeira defends his reluctant support for the technology.
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From Amiri to Zora: What these mountain-moving black writers can teach us about climate justice
African American literature and history hold lessons about how we weather storms -- divided or together -- and how we might survive in a chaotic future.
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A poison aficionado’s guide to 6 killer chemicals
Science journalist Deborah Blum explores the homicidal -- and, the environmental -- ways that chemistry can do us in.
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“Clean coal” is still poisoning people’s water and air
A state of emergency has been declared in West Virginia following a spill into the Elk River of a chemical used to treat coal before it’s burned, called “4-methylcyclohexane methanol” — some details from ThinkProgress: Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical […]
