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Sierra Club OKs law-breaking in battle against Keystone
For the first time in its 120-year history, the buttoned-up Sierra Club is sanctioning an act of civil disobedience.
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Uncertainty about climate change is reason for more aggressive action
Fully accounting for the uncertainties involved in the climate system entails a higher price on carbon, according to new research.
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How to make gasoline from tar sands, in six simple steps
They've been compared to blood diamonds and cluster bombs, but tar sands aren’t so bad. Here’s a handy step-by-step guide to spinning gold from “natural asphalt.”
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Will Germany banish fossil fuels before the U.S.?
German political parties of every stripe now back a plan that is expected to nearly end that country’s use of fossil fuels by 2050.
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Obama’s handwritten time capsule note expresses hope for the climate
If you worry that Obama doesn't care about the climate enough right now, well -- at least he cares about it later!
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Big Coal to meet its fate in tiny Northwest town
One of 2013's biggest climate fights has quiet Boardman, Ore., poised to become a backdrop for the transformation of the U.S. coal industry.
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The 14 fossil-fuel projects poised to f*ck up the climate
New research has determined which planned fossil-fuel projects pose the biggest threat to the climate. Coal-port expansion in the U.S. ranks near the top. Find out what the others are.
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Good news for Kabul’s Tourism Bureau: The city’s air is unhealthy, but not full of feces
It is, however, unsafe to breathe.
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Obama: ‘We will respond to the threat of climate change’
In his second inaugural address, the president made a strong call for climate action.
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Biden drops by the Green Inaugural Ball to say thanks
It wasn't Biden's only stop last night.
