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California almost got an amazing bicycle superhighway 116 years ago
It's too bad this beautiful bike path from the olden days never got a chance to exist.
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“If people aren’t pissed off, it ain’t working”: A chat with green billionaire Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer has made waves in climate politics with big money and hard-nosed tactics. Grist chats with him about Keystone, EPA, Obama, and how to win the climate fight.
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BP, Shell, Statoil accused of fixing oil prices
European officials have raided the oil companies' offices, and now a U.S. senator wants an investigation launched on this side of the pond.
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BP wants U.S. government to reduce court-ordered oil-spill payouts
BP says it shouldn't have to pay so much to help companies hurt by the Deepwater Horizon spill. It wants the U.K. government to ask the U.S. government for help.
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Feeding the trolls: Meeting with a climate denier, face to face
Climate Desk explores who gets to define the truth about climate change in the digital age.
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Susan Osborne Explains Why Boulder Opted for a Clean Energy Takeover
The process started in 2003 when Boulder resumed studying the option to create a municipal utility. With a climate-action plan already in place, and a local carbon tax already financing conservation and clean energy, the once nascent issue became a serious option in Boulder. Creating a municipal utility would allow for more control over the […]
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Ask Umbra: Which sunscreen should I use?
A reader wonders how to protect herself from the summer rays without slathering herself in toxic goo. Umbra has her covered.
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New York Times editorial calls for Obama to get moving on climate
The Gray Lady wants the president to hurry up and take executive action to fight global warming, because Congress obviously isn't going to do anything.
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Huge tar-sands waste pile grows alongside Detroit River
Refining Canadian tar-sands oil creates mountains of filthy black waste, as the residents of Detroit are discovering. Other American communities can look forward to the same.
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America’s first climate refugees: How climate change eats the Alaskan coast
Climate change has accelerated the normal process of erosion along Alaska's rivers and coasts.
