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Sen. Landrieu doesn’t need your love. Big Oil’s got her back.
Greens are giving the Energy and Commerce chair the cold shoulder in her tough reelection bid. Ask her if she cares.
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25 years after Exxon Valdez, oil spills ain’t what they used to be
The tanker spills of yore were bad enough. But the rules that covered them don't apply to the tar-sands oil we're now hauling cross-continent.
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The clean energy industry is turning Nevada green
More than $5 billion has been invested in renewable energy projects in the state since 2010.
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Coal ash is a dangerous mess. Why isn’t it better regulated?
The U.S. political system hasn't yet found the spine to classify coal residue as hazardous. What are the holdups?
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White House to crack down on methane pollution
The Obama administration will soon release rules to reduce methane leakage during the production and transport of natural gas.
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From veteran organizer Marshall Ganz, how-tos for activists
From the civil rights era to the Obama campaign, one approach has consistently worked, according to Ganz: Pick a clear, specific goal.
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Whoa there! State lawmakers try to make oil trains safer
The wheels of railway safety reform may be in motion in Minnesota, but they've ground to a halt in Washington state.
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White House gets geeky on climate problem
The Obama administration is launching a new climate hub to help Americans understand how weather is changing around them. Google, Microsoft, and Intel will help.
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What was the point of the Senate’s climate talkathon? Changing the terms of the political debate
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) tells Grist what he hoped to accomplish by getting nearly a third of senators to stay up all night talking about climate change.
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![Original Plaintiff couples (R-L) Hillary and Julie Goodridge, their daughter Annie, 9, lawyer Mary Bonauto and an unidentified couple react as streamers are set off during a First Year Anniversary Celebration of the legalization of Gay Marriage at Unitarian Universalist Association Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, May 17, 2005.]()
![Original Plaintiff couples (R-L) Hillary and Julie Goodridge, their daughter Annie, 9, lawyer Mary Bonauto and an unidentified couple react as streamers are set off during a First Year Anniversary Celebration of the legalization of Gay Marriage at Unitarian Universalist Association Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, May 17, 2005.]()
Why green change is hard: Lessons from the front lines of marriage equality
Scholar Tim McCarthy outlines parallels and differences between environmentalism's challenges and the LGBT and marriage-equality movement's successes.
