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Fixing old water and gas pipelines would create far more jobs than building Keystone XL
If job creation is our primary goal, then the Keystone XL pipeline is still not the right move.
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Key enviro law suspended in California under drought emergency
When Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought, he quietly suspended parts of one of the state's landmark laws, the California Environmental Quality Act.
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Europe wimps out on climate and clean energy
Sure, it's still better than the rest of the world, but activists and scientists had been hoping for stronger goals on CO2 emissions and renewable energy.
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Meet the anti-government conspiracy theorist behind GOP environmental policy
By day, Doyel Shamley helps congressional staffers understand natural resource law. By night, he's an Illuminati conspiracy theorist.
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Tough love: Can a local leader save the EPA’s troubled southeast region?
A former Mississippi mayor takes the helm of an office that has long been at odds with environmental justice leaders. She doesn't have much green cred, but that may be just as well.
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Oil (drilling) and climate action don’t mix
New White House adviser John Podesta tries -- and fails -- to defend Obama's "all of the above" energy policy.
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How not to celebrate MLK Day: PETA compares animal cruelty to slavery (again)
While Dr. King would likely have sympathized with PETA's cause, the group can't honor him while continuing to be clueless on issues of race.
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Scarred, spangled banner: 46 years after MLK’s death, we still struggle to broaden the movement
In his later years, Rev. King tried to broaden the civil rights movement, laying the groundwork for the environmental justice fight we see today. Sadly, it is still a struggle.
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We may have to suck up CO2 to prevent planet from frying, U.N. says
A leaked draft of an IPCC report says we might need mass-scale geoengineering to fend off the worst of climate change. Al Gore says that's "insane."
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Congress moves to restore ban on horse slaughter
Slaughterhouses that want to sell horsemeat might fight back by filing a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
