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Half of U.S. oil is now fracked — but it might not stay that way
America's 300,000 fracking wells pumped out 4.3 million barrels per day in 2015.
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Trump manages to surprise us with strange “climate” obsession
The Donald won't stop talking about nuclear weapons as climate change.
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Watch the horror of a Republican senator forced to pick between Trump and Cruz
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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How caucuses disenfranchise voters
There’s a whole lot that's wrong with the caucus system.
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Protestors turn a federal offshore oil auction into a circus
Watch about 150 activists disrupt the auction for offshore drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mitch McConnell likes procrastinating so much, he wants the whole country to do it
McConnell is advising states to "wait and see" before complying with the centerpiece of Obama's climate agenda.
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Trump says nuclear weapons are the riskiest kind of climate change
He's "not a big believer" in that more traditional kind of climate change, he tells the Washington Post editorial board.
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Climate activists gear up to protest new oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
With their victory against Atlantic offshore drilling behind them, activists set their sights on shutting down new leases in the Gulf.
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Colorado considers bill to make it easier to sue Big Oil over fracking earthquakes
Anti-fracking legislation is picking up steam in Colorado.
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After Keystone failure, TransCanada comes up with another pipeline scheme in the U.S.
The Canadian pipeline giant plans to buy an American natural gas pipeline company with a history of environmental problems.
