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Las Vegas’ binge drinking days are over. Can it survive the hangover?
Never mind those fountains, Sin City has gotten serious about water conservation. But with an ongoing drought and the looming threat of climate change, it will have to do a lot more.
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From Bundy to Keystone XL: Where’s the property rights outrage here?
Many of the pundits who rallied behind rancher Cliven Bundy don't seem to care as much about ranchers' property rights when it's TransCanada using eminent domain to build KXL.
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EPA’s McCarthy slams the agency’s anti-science critics
In a forceful speech during a science meeting, the EPA chief pointed out the blatant hypocrisy of some of the agency's most vocal critics.
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This man is on the hunt for California’s next climate leaders
Meet Nick Josefowitz. Turns out Tom Steyer isn't the only ambitious fundraiser working to get climate hawks elected.
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The Cowboys and Indians pipeline protest was a throwback — in more ways than one
The carefully designed anti-Keystone demonstration in D.C. put a dramatic face on the movement.
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Las Vegas burning: Lessons in resilience from the nation’s driest big city
Thus begins a month(ish)-long series about Sin City, how it has survived in a brutal, unwelcoming climate, and what that says about our future.
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One frack mind: How a determined New Yorker won the green Nobel
Helen Slottje found a legal strategy for upstate New York towns to block fracking through zoning. Now she's ready to take it national.
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Californians, stop watering your lawns — for real this time
The entire state is now officially in drought, with a quarter in "exceptional drought." Gov. Jerry Brown says this is no time to waste water on landscaping.
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Fighting city hall is easier than running it, Richmond’s green reformers find
The progressive alliance that took over local government in Richmond, Calif., has slashed the crime rate and raised taxes on Chevron. But every win has been a struggle.
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Decades-old pollution loophole still burns people of color and the poor
Environmental justice advocates have called on President Obama to crack down on refineries that knowingly dump on their human neighbors. It’s been a long time coming.