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Clean energy investments climb, along with Big Oil’s blood pressure
OK, well maybe they're not overly worried just yet. But the investment trend – particularly in the United States – is encouraging.
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Romney implies Colorado has no green jobs, even though the state has over 70,000
In a speech in Colorado, Mitt Romney asked where the state's promised clean energy jobs were. Actually, Colorado has over 70,000 green jobs.
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Greens break silence, ask Obama to attend Earth Summit
A coalition of 22 groups representing environmentalists, doctors, scientists, and American Indian tribes tells the president it’s time for him to lead on sustainability.
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Could Romney’s scorn for wind power hurt him in the heartland?
Mitt Romney promises to revoke federal support for the wind industry. That might not go over well in swing states like Iowa, where the booming wind sector has wide, bipartisan support.
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Elm caretaker to be buried in coffin made from beloved elm
Frank Knight spent decades keeping Herbie, New England’s tallest elm tree, alive. The tree lived for 217 years and under Knight’s care survived 14 bouts of Dutch Elm diseases. Two years ago, the tree had to come down. At the time, Knight was 101. As the Associated Press reports: “His time has come,” Knight told […]
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Buzzword decoder: Your election-year guide to environmental catchphrases
Democrats like talking about "Big Oil" and "clean energy." Republicans favor "Solyndra" and "Keystone." No one's into "climate change."
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Will old-school green groups sleep through the Earth Summit?
Twenty years ago, major U.S. environmental groups helped rally support for the Earth Summit in Rio. Today, they can hardly be bothered with it.
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Don’t call me an environmentalist
The environmental movement’s approval ratings are going down the tubes, even as more Americans profess to live greener lifestyles. Here’s what’s up.
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Earth Summit 101: A Jedi’s primer to the meeting in Rio
Leaders from around the galaxy will meet in June to decide the fate of the blue planet. You hadn’t heard? Let us bring you up to speed, young Padawan.
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Clean energy: Still a wedge issue that favors Democrats
In his interview with Rolling Stone, Obama suggests that Republican politicians are out of touch with Republican voters. Democrats could exploit that weakness on the issue of renewable energy.
