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Stop trashing the climate! EPA’s new plan would crack down on landfills
The latest component of Obama's climate plan aims to cut methane emissions from garbage by one third.
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Here’s where every single presidential candidate stands on Keystone — except Hillary Clinton
Rumor has it that Obama will reject the Keystone pipeline soon. We've rounded up the positions of all the people running to replace him.
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Kids sue Obama over climate change
A youth coalition argues that the federal government shouldn't be supporting the fossil fuel industry.
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Al Gore for president? People are talking
There's speculation that the former veep and climate hero might run one more time, but Gore himself has been silent.
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Here’s how environmental justice advocates improved Obama’s Clean Power Plan
They didn’t get everything they wanted, but the activists pushed hard and got some changes that could make a real difference.
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How suburban sprawl causes segregation and isolates the poor
When well-off white people flee to the suburbs, it's bad for those left behind in inner cities and bad for the environment too.
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Australia files joke of a climate pledge to the U.N.
Critics call the country's greenhouse gas emission targets laughably weak.
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Why the Donald Trump phenomenon is bad for the climate
Trump outdoes all the other Republican presidential contenders with his belligerent ignorance about climate change.
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Putin bulldozes tons of perfectly good (and illegal) cheese
The Russian president shows distaste for illegal imports, despite hard times for hungry Russians. Meanwhile, folks are probably wondering what's in Mr. Putin's fridge.
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Shell cuts ties with corporate bill mill ALEC, claiming high ground on climate (!)
The oil and gas company is the latest to leave the state-level policy group.
