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Super Bowl power outage somehow Obama’s fault, apparently
Seems the battle over energy will outlive the 2012 campaign.
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Right-wingers want to teach kids that climate change is a fairy tale
Three states have introduced bills requiring schools to teach that climate change is "controversial." Thanks, American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Harvard professor has it right: U.S. climate push requires intense grassroots support around ‘cap-and-dividend’ bill
Theda Skocpol hits the nail on the head: We need cap-and-dividend, a wonky-sounding policy that nonetheless gets regular people excited.
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu to resign
The move, widely expected, means there are vacancies at the top of all three major agencies that deal with energy and environmental issues.
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Explosion at headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company kills 32 [UPDATED]
The cause of the blast isn't clear, but it's just the latest in a long string of deadly accidents plaguing Pemex.
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U.S. ends record streak of days without tornado fatalities
One reason the no-fatality record stood so long -- 220 days -- was the unusually hot and dry weather of 2012, which stifled tornado activity.
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Turbine in the U.K. converts wind power into kinetic, falling-over energy
We're sure opponents of wind turbines won't mention this in the future.
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Humans have already set in motion 69 feet of sea-level rise
Glaciologist Jason Box describes a post-warming world that you won’t even be able to recognize.
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The cost of not using renewable energy
A new study finds that using up our fossil fuels now, making them less available in the future, imposes big costs down the line.
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Republicans are very satisfied with the quality of the environment
But they're not as satisfied as Democrats are with the military. Because Gallup's latest poll is a gauge of bias more than anything.
