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Tough love: Can a local leader save the EPA’s troubled southeast region?
A former Mississippi mayor takes the helm of an office that has long been at odds with environmental justice leaders. She doesn't have much green cred, but that may be just as well.
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Last year was the fourth hottest on record, or maybe the seventh
Either way, it was really hot. In fact, 2013 was the 37th year in a row of above-average global temperatures, according to NOAA.
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Oil (drilling) and climate action don’t mix
New White House adviser John Podesta tries -- and fails -- to defend Obama's "all of the above" energy policy.
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Get ready for more “extreme” El Niños
Scientists say baby Jesus' meteorological namesake will become a thundering hulk more often as the climate changes.
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Scarred, spangled banner: 46 years after MLK’s death, we still struggle to broaden the movement
In his later years, Rev. King tried to broaden the civil rights movement, laying the groundwork for the environmental justice fight we see today. Sadly, it is still a struggle.
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We may have to suck up CO2 to prevent planet from frying, U.N. says
A leaked draft of an IPCC report says we might need mass-scale geoengineering to fend off the worst of climate change. Al Gore says that's "insane."
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Global warming denial hits a six-year high
The latest data is out on the prevalence of global warming denial among the U.S. public. And it isn't pretty.
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California is now really, truly, officially screwed by drought
Gov. Jerry Brown finally declared an emergency, in the midst of the worst drought in California's history.
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The first lawsuit against Obama’s new coal limits just got filed
Here's why the state of Nebraska thinks the newly published power plant emissions regulations are illegal.
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Big green groups demand an end to Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy
If the president is serious about climate change, he needs to stop promoting fossil fuels, say the Sierra Club, NRDC, EDF, and 15 other groups.
