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Talk talk: Political junkies discuss Senate chat on climate
Watch some people (including Grist's Ben Adler) talk about other people (senators) talking about stuff (the state of the climate). So meta!
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Who had the best one-liners at the Senate’s climate slumber party?
Thirty U.S. senators stayed up all night long on Monday to talk about climate change. Did your senators join in the fun?
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Big Oil’s new strategy: If you can’t build a new pipeline, just overload the old one
The Canadian government has given pipeline giant Enbridge the green light to pump tar-sands oil through an aging line north of Lake Ontario. What could possibly go wrong?
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Tied to the rusty White House fence: Two Keystone protesters’ arrest odyssey
Sunday's civil disobedience action put the emphasis on "civil," but the arrested students intend to keep raising their voices.
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Hundreds arrested at anti-Keystone protest in front of White House
The student-led demonstration was the "largest youth civil disobedience at the White House in a generation," organizers said.
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Most big countries have climate laws
But there are some notable exceptions. Ahem.
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People-friendly streets: They’re not just for big cities anymore
A bill in the Senate promotes "complete streets" that are more accessible to walkers and cyclists, and it appeals far beyond liberal urban areas.
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Obama has a good transportation plan. Now we just need to raise the gas tax to pay for it.
Enviros and smart-growth advocates are praising Obama's proposed transportation bill. Too bad funding is such a hurdle.
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Feds will help honeybees find food
The government will spend $3 million to encourage farmers and ranchers to provide nutritious honeybee nectar in the Midwest.
