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Oakland votes to keep coal and oil trains away
The city council also moved to divest from fossil-fuel stocks.
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Democrats are getting greener and Republicans are getting dirtier
Increasing partisan polarization is driving the two major parties farther apart on environmental policy. Example A: the wind energy tax credit.
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Hillary Clinton won’t discuss Keystone XL
Clinton is promoting her new book "Hard Choices," but she's dodging a choice on the controversial pipeline.
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This is how much America spends putting out wildfires
As the West burns, the way the feds fight wildfires doesn't jibe with the reality of climate change.
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The Kochs are cooking up a new dirty-energy political scheme
The brothers and their allies are gearing up to spend $290 million on this year's elections, including money for a new energy initiative.
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HBO shocks us again: Did Gina McCarthy just declare war on coal?
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy went ahead and all but declared the Obama administration’s war on coal on Real Time with Bill Maher.
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Obama calls out climate deniers, asks young people to force climate change issue
"I want to light a fire under you," the president told graduates during a commencement speech at the University of California-Irvine.
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Why liberals like walkability more than conservatives
New poll data shows that Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided when it comes to urban density versus suburban sprawl.
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Why David Brat is completely wrong about climate science
At a campaign event, he repeated the myth that climate scientists used to think we're headed into a new Ice Age.
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When cranky crude rides the rails, who should know?
The feds say the railroads need to inform state officials when they're shipping volatile oil. But the railroads want everyone to sign non-disclosure agreements.
