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Protesters target firms angling for a piece of pipeline profits
Protesters will take on TransCanada this week as new data emerges that a lot of tar sands oil is ultimately bound for exports, not for the U.S.
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Obama to require climate assessments for big projects like highways and pipelines
Federal agencies will soon have to consider climate change impacts when they do environmental impact assessments.
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Are municipal utilities more resilient during disasters?
Proponents say publicly owned utilities would better respond to superstorm super-outages. Oh, they also tend to be cheaper.
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U.S. to help Pacific islands cope with climate change
Every time you turn on a light bulb, you're helping to sink a Pacific island. At least USAID is trying to help a bit.
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U.N. to poor people: Sorry, pollution and warming will hit you hardest
Hey, here's another U.N. Human Development Report with terrible news about the planet.
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Pipeline struck by tug still burning, yards away from oil-laden barge
South of New Orleans, a tugboat pushed an oil barge into a pipeline area where shipping is banned, and the resulting fire is still blazing.
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Help Henry Waxman write a new carbon-tax bill
The Democratic rep is seeking public feedback as he designs a new climate bill. Herein I offer my two cents.
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Oil barge crashes into gas pipeline in Louisiana, triggers big fire
A tugboat captain was among those injured after an oil barge crashed into a natural-gas pipeline south of New Orleans.
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Could Waxman’s new bill offer fresh hope for a carbon tax?
Waxman and several other Democratic lawmakers are grinding out bills that would make polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Another George Bush runs for office in Texas, talks up oil and gas drilling
George Prescott Bush, son of Jeb Bush, has kicked off a campaign to run for Texas land commissioner next year. Drill, baby Bush, drill!
