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Texas official ignores voters’ ban on fracking
Days after Denton passed its fracking ban, Texas Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick said she'd keep giving oil companies permits to drill.
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Eugene from the Walking Dead is apparently running for Congress
The dude leading the fight against the zombie apocalypse just took a page from the GOP's climate change playbook.
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This video explains how to make you richer and protect the climate
Author and thinker Peter Barnes gives an elevator pitch for his proposal -- in an actual elevator.
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Stephen Colbert to the children of America: Dream of being a politician with zero grasp of science!
America's coastline, meet your reaper: James Inhofe, Oklahoma senator.
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Was the shocking outcome of Maryland’s gubernatorial race about rain, or something else?
Pundits have blamed the "rain tax" for Anthony Brown's loss to an unknown Republican. But did race play a role?
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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.
