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EPA to clamp down on deadly oil refinery pollution
After more than a decade of inaction and a lawsuit, the EPA is finally moving to more tightly regulate poisonous emissions from 150 oil refineries.
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Dysfunctional Senate fails to extend wind tax credit
The bill had bipartisan backing, but Republicans threatened a filibuster because Democrats wouldn't let them offer all their amendments.
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John Oliver on his hilarious, NSFW, and totally fact-checked HBO show
The former Daily Show correspondent talks political satire, the so-called climate "debate," and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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Meet the firefighters on the front lines of wildfire-ravaged America
Elk Creek Fire Chief Bill McLaughlin has firsthand experience of the spread of wildfires throughout the western United States.
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Feeling defeated? These solutions fight climate change and empower people
From tree-plantings to community gardens and citizen science, there's good work being done in America's cities, and it deserves a shout-out.
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Stephen Colbert’s refreshing solution for fighting climate change
Stephen Colbert has a surprisingly simple suggestion for dealing with apocalyptic climate change.
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Cities to suburbs: Where’s the transit love? Suburbs to cities: Where’s the bus?
After suburban voters torpedoed a tax to fund bus service in the Seattle Metro area, transit activists grapple with the sad reality: Maybe the ‘burbs just weren’t designed for buses.
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Scott Brown urged GOP senators to kill energy efficiency bill
The New Hampshire Senate candidate lobbied to block the bipartisan bill so his Democratic opponent, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, wouldn't be able to run on it.
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Military experts are worried about climate change, and you should be too
America is coming under attack, say 16 retired generals and admirals, and the attacker is global warming.
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Enviros pump money and energy into Colorado Senate race
Democrat Mark Udall is a climate hawk. Republican Cory Gardner is a climate change denier. And their race could determine whether Dems hold onto the Senate.
