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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.
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Christie’s new woe: Court rules he illegally dumped climate protections
When Christie's administration unilaterally pulled out out of a regional cap-and-trade program in 2011, it broke the law, an appeals court rules.
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One California oil town keeps fracking in check — by banning all drilling
Flummoxed by an oil company's changing stories, Carson City plays tough -- and faces a longer battle.
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Air pollution kills 7 million people every year
One in eight deaths in 2012 was caused by air pollution. Thanks, fossil fuels.
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Sen. Landrieu doesn’t need your love. Big Oil’s got her back.
Greens are giving the Energy and Commerce chair the cold shoulder in her tough reelection bid. Ask her if she cares.
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Climate change is going to turn the Earth into a planet of hungry kids
Thanks to climate change, there could be 25 million more malnourished children under the age of 5 in 2050, says a new report from the anti-poverty group Oxfam America.
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Gov. Jay Inslee on climate solutions in the Pacific Northwest
Also speaking at Climate Desk Live's April 1 Seattle event will be Grist's David Roberts and University of Washington College of the Environment Dean Lisa Graumlich.
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On Exxon Valdez anniversary, a fresh spill threatens Texas wildlife
Populations of birds are at risk after a ship collided with an oil-hauling barge in the Gulf of Mexico over the past weekend.
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World famous climate project forced to scrounge for funding
As the Keeling Curve shows atmospheric CO2 rising above 400 ppm, the curve-makers worry about the future of their project's funding.
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25 years after Exxon Valdez, oil spills ain’t what they used to be
The tanker spills of yore were bad enough. But the rules that covered them don't apply to the tar-sands oil we're now hauling cross-continent.
