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Rep. Upton proposes eliminating fossil fuel subsidies, kind of
Rep. Fred Upton is proposing to kneecap the renewables industry while making the political liability of fossil fuel subsidies go away.
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U.N.: Global hunger not as bad as we thought, but it’s still bad
And with the advent of climate change, it's not going to get better any time soon.
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Meet the members of Congress who’ve invested the most in the energy industry
An exposé by the Washington Post shows how congressmembers' investments can influence their policy positions.
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Obama says clean energy is not a socialist plot: A play in one act
Upon hearing President Obama deny a link between green energy and socialism, his handlers leap into action.
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Plans to ship coal to China face a hurdle: The West Coast
The politics of fossil fuel exports from Washington and Oregon are a little different than from Texas.
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Could Washington state elect the greenest governor in the nation?
Democrat Jay Inslee, a climate hawk and clean-energy booster, is in a tight race with Rob McKenna, a Republican who acknowledges the threat of climate change.
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We’re No. 1! (In climate denier coverage)
A recent study indicates that the U.S. ranks first in newspapers giving voice to climate deniers. Somewhere Jim Inhofe is doing a tap dance.
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Does early snow disprove global warming?
Ha ha no. What are you, stupid? Come on. Grow up.
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Texas grandmother arrested for trespassing on her own land to protest Keystone
TransCanada seized a 78-year-old woman's land for its tar-sands pipeline, and she got arrested for protesting. TransCanada blames "out-of-state activists."
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With fuel prices spiking in southern California, gas stations close up shop
Only temporarily mind you. And there's additional bad news for jet owners.