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Oregon tells rail companies to keep oil deliveries secret
A newspaper won the right to see reports about trains carrying crude. So state officials told rail companies to stop sending in the reports.
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Vermont will label genetically engineered food
The state's rule -- the first in the nation -- faces likely challenges in court, and could be overridden by a federal law.
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Minnesota can’t say no to coal power, judge rules
A Minnesota law aims to reduce fossil fuel use. Coal plants in North Dakota said no fair, and a federal court agreed, striking down part of the law.
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Climate change got you down this Earth Day? Time for a badger mask
Hopelessness peddler Paul Kingsnorth keeps winning attention for his Dark Mountain project, but his climate fatalism looks more like midlife-crisis posturing than insight.
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Wanna know what’s happened to the Gulf Coast since the BP spill? Read this blog, now
The Bridge the Gulf blog is hands-down the best source of post-spill news and insight, written by locals who have a stake in the recovery.
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Vermont poised to mandate GMO labels on food
It will soon be the third state to require labels on genetically modified food -- and the first state willing to go there even if other states don't.
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Mark Ruffalo, you are our chosen green celeb! (We hope you like fruit)
The people have spoken, and one lucky man in Hollywood will be the happy recipient of a fruit basket.
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Why it matters that Democrat Mary Landrieu is bashing Obama over energy
In her first reelection ad of the year, Landrieu comes out swinging on behalf of the oil industry. Unfortunately, it's not just talk.
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Sally Jewell’s frustrating first year in Washington
Obama's interior secretary has faced an uphill battle in Washington as she tries to implement her ambitious agenda in the face of budget fights and partisan politics.
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U.N. climate report was censored
The summary of the latest big IPCC report was watered down by rich countries, which don't want to be blamed for climate change or called upon to help poor countries survive it.
