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BP's Gulf oil waste being dumped on communities of color
We now know where the oil removed from the Gulf waters went. And a disproportionate amount is being dumped in communities of color.
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Invitation to join 350 EARTH: A global satellite art project
Calling all artists! 350.org needs you for the biggest art project ever. The fate of the planet is at stake. Bill McKibben explains.
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What if there's much less coal than we think?
How much coal is there in the world? It's tough to think of a more important question for the next half-century. The answer will play a huge role in shaping public policy and directing capital investments. So we've got it pretty well nailed down, right? Turns out, maybe not.
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Living in ‘the latest Hollywood global disaster movie’
Save your $10 and skip the movie theater this summer. "The litany of weather incidents during the summer of 2010 reads like the latest Hollywood global disaster movie," Nathanial Gronewold writes at Climatewire.
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Senate bill would make energy-efficient mortgages mainstream
Heating, cooling, and electrifying a home costs money -- more than the average family pays for property taxes. Shouldn't homeowners pay attention to those costs? Shouldn't mortgage lenders? A bill backed by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) would direct banks to start paying attention to energy.
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Electricity markets are weird: why a carbon price isn't enough
If power companies have to pay for their CO2 emissions, what will happen to the price of electricity? The answer isn't as obvious as you think.
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API chief economist admits taxes on oil industry can create millions of jobs
The American Petroleum Institute (API) — the lobbying giant of the oil and gas industry that also writes its own rules — is continuing its work to keep oil industry profits high as the American worker suffers. API demonizes any efforts to cut the industry’s billion-dollar subsidies as "energy taxes" that "destroy jobs." But their chief economist admits otherwise.
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Summer 2010 is breaking heat records [VIDEO]
More than five weeks remain of summer, and already it's a record-breaker. A climatologist looks at what's behind the heat and extreme weather so far.
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Renewable energy: the power of positive feedback loops
When you design a national green energy system, the benefits of each part are increased and reverberate through the economy, creating a virtuous cycle
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Energy machismo and White House solar panels
If there’s one thing you can say about President Obama it’s that he certainly hasn’t given his erstwhile fans on the left a shortage of things to keep scratching their heads over. One of the biggest perennial question marks hanging over his administration has been his failure to lead on clean energy – and not […]