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Obama’s latest green move: Banning drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Do you like eating wild fish? Then you should approve, because 40 percent of the U.S. wild catch comes from this beautiful bay.
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Psst, Congress, you have a little food stuck in your Cromnibus
From school lunches to GMOs to cow farts, the effort to fund the federal government came with more than its share of food-related compromises and regulatory trimming.
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Most Americans are clueless about how climate change will affect their health
Allergies? Yes. Asthma? Yes. Ebola? No, no, no.
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Weak deal at Lima climate talks disappoints climate hawks
The U.N. climate summit kicked off with optimism, but fizzled out at the end as countries punted decisions on hot-button topics.
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Red states more likely to be burned by climate change
The people who deny climate change are most likely to suffer from it.
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The U.N. won’t let protesters say what they’re protesting
During his speech at the U.N. climate summit, John Kerry didn't mention Keystone. Activists at the summit weren't allowed to mention it either.
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Oil pipelines are so last year, says Wall Street Journal
The so-far successful effort to halt Keystone has schooled a whole new wave of protest movements against similar projects.
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GMO labeling defeated in Oregon
The group that put the mandatory GMO-labeling initiative on the Oregon ballot concedes defeat.
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How the Black Lives Matter movement got protests’ multi-racial groove back
In the wave of protests over the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, confidence and outrage are helping people of color shed decades of caution.
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Even Australia is joining the climate fight
Climate supervillain Australia just pulled a Magneto.