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Hey, protester, leave those Google buses alone
Activists fighting gentrification in San Francisco criticize private buses for Google employees. But getting rid of them wouldn't be good for the city or the environment.
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Whole new crystal ball game: What does 2014 hold for rabble-rousers?
Divestment, protesters, arrests, Warsaw, Obama: 2013 was a tumultuous year for green activists. We predict next year will be even wilder.
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Powder River Basin: Coal on the move
No other coal deposit on the planet is so big, so close to the surface, and so cheap to mine as the rich seams in eastern Wyoming and Southern Montana. That's made the Powder River Basin the locus of a national debate on how we develop our fossil fuel reserves.
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Endangered species could be screwed by rising seas
Sea-level rise could inundate the habitats of one out of every six endangered and threatened species in the U.S. Here's what we can do to help.
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The climate champions of 2013
2013 may have seen its share of climate grinches, but now it's time to toast the climate champs of the year.
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Five years after Tennessee coal-slurry disaster, EPA has produced no new rules
In December 2008, a million gallons of fly-ash sludge polluted Tennessee land and rivers. Since then, the EPA has done little to protect Americans from similar accidents.
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2013’s climate grinches: Stealing Christmas warmth and putting it into the atmosphere
From the Koch brothers to Tony Abbott, here are the top 10 grinches standing in the way of climate action.
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Russia begins offshore drilling in Arctic
The rig made famous by Greenpeace's Arctic 30 is now pumping oil, the first step in Russia's plans to drill the hell out of the Arctic.
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Obama’s green record: Some small victories, one gaping flop
The president has followed through on some of his environmental promises. But as long as he's also letting the climate go to hell, those achievements won't matter.
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Environmental justice leaders to Obama: There’s a gap in your climate plan
When the president unveiled his climate action plan last summer, he failed to account for the underserved communities that bear the brunt of our fossil fuel addiction. A new petition aims to change that.