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NYC moves to take soda off the food-stamp shopping list
New York City has asked federal permission to ban food stamp purchases of sugar-sweetened drinks. While some fret, it's a move worth making.
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White House criticized for blocking oil spill numbers
Reports are in and it doesn't look good for the Obama administration's response to the oil spill.
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New York City to curb sewage surges with green infrastructure
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has an ambitious plan to keep raw sewage out of the city's waterways.
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Massachusetts governor’s race: Patrick vs. Cahill vs. Baker vs. Stein
Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick adopted a forward-looking energy plan, but it's been constrained by economic calamity set in motion before he took office.
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The curious case of why Chevron is sitting out Prop 23
Chevron and the California Chamber of Commerce claim neutrality on Proposition 23. But a close look at two other propositions shows otherwise.
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Scathing report on BP oil disaster from presidential commission
The presidential commission on the BP oil spill has issued several draft reports on contentious topics, from dispersants to oil-flow estimates.
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Prop 23: Green Jobs vs. Dirty Energy
In our moments of hope, we look to and count on our elected officials to make the right decision. In our moments of cynicism, we fear that they will instead make wrong decisions in order to make nebulously defined “special interests” happy. So when our elected officials take bold action on critical issues, it’s important […]
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NYC's anti-soda ads hit right in the gut [VIDEO]
New York City's government has declared war on "sugar-sweetened beverages." While Mayor Michael Bloomberg would love to pass a controversial penny-per-ounce soda tax, his government isn't waiting around for the windfall to start discouraging residents from popping open a pop.
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Conserving and rebuilding soils in the U.S. and around the world
Shelterbelts, strip cropping, and no-till practices are helping to keep American soil from blowing away, and African countries and China are planting "green walls" to keep the desert at bay. But overgrazing is going to be a problem.
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Lessons from the climate fight: Dem party leaders screwed the climate bill
The leadership of the Democratic Party did little to help the climate bill and much to hurt it, treating it with indifference, carelessness, and hostility.
