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Almost $11 million spent on Solyndra attack ads — but voters aren’t buying it
Special interest groups spent close to $11 million since April on ads attacking Solyndra and clean-energy loans. But polls show most voters still don't know about the company or are indifferent.
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Norway to double carbon tax on oil industry, use money to help world
Norway is raising its carbon tax and setting up a $1.6 billion fund to help developing countries cope with climate change. Only in Scandinavia!
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How fish are fighting climate change by pooping
You see, in the typology of poop, it turns out the fish feces are sinkers.
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Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking
The vice presidential debate revealed nothing about energy or climate, but lots about the twisted priorities of Beltway conventional wisdom.
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In VP debate, Ryan complains of ‘green pork’ and fact-checkers swat him down
Paul Ryan got his facts wrong during an exchange on clean-energy stimulus funding at the vice presidential debate.
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Pumpkin crop defies drought, prepares for evisceration
The drought devastated corn and soybean crops, but pumpkins thrive in dry weather. We figure pumpkin prices will peak somewhere around January.
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So long, warmest April-to-September in American history!
And hello warmest year-to-date ever! Though melting Arctic ice means that the winter might make up for all of that heat.
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Asshole coal boss: ‘I’m not an asshole’
Yes, it's big coal CEO Robert Murray again. Because he is consistently amusing.
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Fracking oversight: With regulators hobbled, good samaritans step in
This is one instance in which outsourcing to the private sector isn't appreciated by conservatives.
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Massive wildfires are chewing through budgets as fast as they are forests
Climate change brings unpredictable disasters, and unpredictable disasters aren't budgeted for, which puts governments in a bind.
