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What the New Power Plant Carbon Standard Means for Coal
In the words of our Vice-President, this is a BFD. On Friday, September 20, the Environmental Protection Agency released draft carbon pollution standards for new power plants. If finalized as written, the draft will make it impossible to build a new, conventional, climate-destroying coal plant in the U.S. With climate-related disasters already landing on the […]
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EPA chief tells Grist what coal will have to do to survive in a “carbon-constrained” future
Gina McCarthy talks to Grist about the president's attitude toward climate change and her agency’s proposed rules on new power plants -- plus a little about her favorite baseball team.
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Here’s where you’re most likely to die from air pollution
A new NASA map of the planet lays out the depressing geographies of smog and premature death.
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EDF defends its controversial study of methane leaks from fracking wells
The Environmental Defense Fund has been slammed by other greens for a recent study that found some fracking wells weren't as bad for the climate as assumed. Here the group explains its approach.
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Republicans to the poor: Tighten your belts
In a symbolic move, the U.S. House votes to cut food stamps by $40 billion. Here's why it's still an epic 'screw you' to America's poor.
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Guerilla monster art makes every street into Sesame Street
Aiden Glynn is using fake teeth and eyeballs to make Toronto a little more magical.
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California wins right to clamp down on carbon from gasoline, diesel
A federal appeals court said the state can implement its Low Carbon Fuel Standard and require gasoline and diesel to have a lower carbon footprint. Enviros cheered.
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Storm that already hit Mexico turns into a hurricane, threatens to strike again
Meanwhile, a separate tropical storm might be headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast. So much for that quiet hurricane season we'd been having ...
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This tiny boat is the ultimate tiny living space
"What's more important than having a big house is having a space that makes me feel good," says the boat's captain.
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You just threw out a perfectly good gallon of milk because you think the “sell by” date means something
It doesn't. Try the smell test.
