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Governors love this pipeline in the Northeast, residents not so much
Kinder Morgan's big gas pipeline extension project is on hold, and the opposition to it recalls the revolt against urban freeways two generations ago.
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GOP candidate asks residents to mail him their pee
If urine Cave Junction, Ore., this congressional candidate would like to hear from you.
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Meet the climate deniers who want to be president
From Jeb Bush to Rand Paul, Ted Cruz to Chris Christie, the Republicans eying the presidency don't intend to do a damn thing about climate change.
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Why Michael Brown had the right to stand his ground
Black people are tired of moving -- tired of being told where they can live, work, play, swim and even where they can walk.
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Is producing more food to feed the world beside the point?
Which should be tackled first: hunger or inequality? Food production or distribution? These chicken-and-egg questions tangle every "feeding the planet" debate.
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Why is Environmental Defense Fund spending $1 million to elect Republicans?
The group's campaign arm, EDF Action, is working to elect mildly pro-climate GOP candidates, even though Democrats are greener.
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Meet the Wisconsin Republicans who love solar
Yes, there are conservatives who support renewable energy in the midwest. However, they do tend to lose primaries.
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There’s oil-by-rail good news, and oil-by-rail bad news
Under new rules, old tank cars won't be ferrying explosive Bakken crude. Instead, they'll carry dirty tar sands crude.
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Texas messes with Texas, pits landowners against pipeline-builders
Texas loves Big Oil, and the state has let companies run pipelines pretty much anywhere. But Texas also loves property holders, and some of them are unhappy.
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When did Republicans start hating green? When green started helping blacks
A new study dates the GOP's distaste for the environment to 1992, just as the country was realizing that policies were steering pollution disproportionately to communities of color and low income.
