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No, Americans did not just vote to “drill, baby, drill!”
Big Oil and its Republican lackeys claim that the recent elections give them a mandate to drill. It couldn't be farther from the truth.
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Surprise! This GOP senator’s theory about volcanoes and climate change is totally wrong
This should not actually come as a surprise.
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Meet your new fossil fuel-loving GOP senators
Some are blatant climate deniers. Others hedge on the issue. But they all agree that we should do nothing to stop it.
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Chevron spent $72 per voter to defeat these green candidates — and failed
A refinery town's activist and green governing coalition prevails in the face of an oil company's millions.
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Green groups spent millions on the midterms. What did it get them?
That money — it looks like there was at least $85 million — bought a lot of ads. But on Election Day, it's not clear that it paid off.
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The new GOP Senate is already gearing up to cause climate mayhem
Republicans' top priorities: approving the Keystone XL pipeline and blocking Obama's plan to curb CO2 emissions from power plants.
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Food votes: GMO labels rejected in Colorado and Oregon; Berkeley taxes soda
Here's a quick roundup of national and local races in the 2014 midterms that focused on food and farming.
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Meet the mom leading the fight against fracking in Santa Barbara
Rebecca Claassen has put her life on hold to fight for Measure P, a ban on fracking and similar techniques in Santa Barbara County.
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When Republicans say crazy sh*t, it ought to matter
Soon-to-be Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst believes in Agenda 21 conspiracy theories and wants to totally shut down the EPA, and the mainstream media thinks that's not worth mentioning.
