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Shell will be allowed to pester walruses in the Arctic, but not as much as it would like
The Obama administration is putting a few restraints on the company's Arctic drilling plans, but not nearly enough, say green activists.
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China, Brazil, and the U.S. all unveil new climate goals
When three of the world's biggest polluters pledge to do more to rein in their climate emissions, that's a pretty good day.
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You should be excited about this SCOTUS decision, too
ICYMI: The Supreme Court ruled on another major discrimination case last week.
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Do we really need to spend money on social science?
Should we really be spending limited science funding on social science and climate change art, when we haven't figured out all the hard stuff yet?
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Check out this amazing new tool for judging California’s water use
As the state's drought grinds into a bone-dry summer, California is adjusting its rules. Now people have to make the new rules work.
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Here’s what climate hawk Martin O’Malley would do as president
The former Maryland governor is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination on an audaciously ambitious environmental platform.
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5 reasons the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling matters for the environment
Maybe government can actually act, sometimes. And maybe common sense could become a driving force in our national decision-making.
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Dutch citizens just sued their own government for not stopping climate change
The ruling suggests that any nation that contributes to climate change is abusing the human rights of its citizens, not to mention the rest of the world.
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It’s time to get rid of old, racist Confederate statues
Public spaces all over the U.S. harbor symbols that celebrate racism, separatism, and white supremacy. It's time for that to change.
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EPA report puts a price on carbon pollution — and it is really damn high
Doing nothing about greenhouse gas emissions would cost the U.S. billions of dollars and thousands lives.
