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These are the states where climate hawk Tom Steyer will wage political war
Steyer's super PAC plans to spend $100 million on races in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.
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Don’t worry about that oil spill, congressman says — we’ve got duct tape
The Republican from Louisiana, who went to the same engineering school as Wile E. Coyote, went on to talk about his plan to patch the Titanic with bubble gum.
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Meet me in New York in September, says Bill McKibben — time for a big march
350.org and a coalition of green groups plan a mass September protest in NYC -- just in time for a big U.N. climate conclave.
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Oregon county bans GMO crops
Organic farmers, worried about contamination, win a local campaign, even though the state has its own new rules barring locales from regulating GMOs.
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India’s new prime minister is big on solar power
Narendra Modi is conservative, but he's making clean electricity generation his top energy priority.
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Evangelical Christians call on Florida politicians to take climate action
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio are climate deniers, and that doesn't sit well with some of the state's Evangelical leaders.
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Watch our live chat with Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy
Grist hosted a discussion about President Obama's climate plan with the energy secretary and EPA administrator.
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EPA to clamp down on deadly oil refinery pollution
After more than a decade of inaction and a lawsuit, the EPA is finally moving to more tightly regulate poisonous emissions from 150 oil refineries.
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Dysfunctional Senate fails to extend wind tax credit
The bill had bipartisan backing, but Republicans threatened a filibuster because Democrats wouldn't let them offer all their amendments.
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Cities to suburbs: Where’s the transit love? Suburbs to cities: Where’s the bus?
After suburban voters torpedoed a tax to fund bus service in the Seattle Metro area, transit activists grapple with the sad reality: Maybe the ‘burbs just weren’t designed for buses.
