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Critical List: Al Gore praises Romney; a fifth Brazilian anti-logging activist dies
Al Gore is doing his best to ensure Barack Obama gets reelected. Yesterday, he endorsed Mitt Romney's climate stance.
The Arizona wildfire is the largest in the state's history.
A fifth anti-logging activist in Brazil was killed.
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USDA rejects GOP demand to undo new school meal guidelines
The USDA won't back away from proposed guidelines for healthier school food, despite demands from Republican lawmakers that the agency eliminate cost increases.
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What the U.S. power industry thinks about the future of the U.S. power industry
David Roberts shares what utilities say is the future of U.S. power.
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A virtual vacation: Stroll the world with Robot Flâneur
Can't travel the world? A new website will take you to some of its most stimulating cities, and saunter with you down their streets -- with a little help from Google Street View.
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Hey, Vilsack: Big Ag won't feed the world or make jobs
USDA secretary Tom Vilsack supports global Big Ag despite job loss, environmental dangers, threat to sustainable global farming.
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Mass. Transit bans ad on Scott Brown’s vote to gut Clean Air Act
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ruled an ad highlighting Scott Brown's vote to gut the Clean Air Act is too controversial for riders.
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Farm pork not going anywhere
To read The Washington Post is to believe farm subsidies are headed for the chopping block. Not so fast. The subsidies aren't going anywhere after all
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Breaking news: Energy-efficiency programs work, save us millions
Since 2004, 26 states have put efficiency standards into place to reduce demand and help customers save energy. Nineteen of those programs have been in place for over two years. And guess what? Thus far, the programs are working.
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Land use is not a barrier for distributed renewable energy
A column in The New York Times last Tuesday suggested that land use is the greatest environmental problem facing new renewable energy.
