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![The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota in this undated photograph released on January 18, 2012.]()
![The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota in this undated photograph released on January 18, 2012.]()
Low impact: State Department says Keystone won’t hurt much at all
The latest report isn’t the final word, but it gives President Obama one more excuse to approve the pipeline project protesters detest most.
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What kind of a U.N. envoy will Mike Bloomberg be?
New York's ex-mayor will travel the globe as U.N. special envoy on cities and climate change. Can a billionaire credibly address global inequality?
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Did spying take Copenhagen from Hopenhagen to Brokenhagen?
New documents show NSA snoops worked hard to spy on the U.S.'s negotiating partners in 2009's failed climate negotiations.
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To become a law, a farm bill needs friends in unlikely places
The farm bill that staggered across the finish line only got there thanks to its hybrid, mash-up nature: It's a big old compromise.
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Waxman poetic: Climate hawk leaves an impressive ‘stache of green achievements
Congress loses one of its biggest environmental crusaders in Rep. Henry Waxman, who transcended coauthorship of cap-and-trade to earn the nickname "The Mustache of Justice."
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Frackers banned from New York for at least another year
Gov. Cuomo's administration announced that New York's fracking moratorium will not be lifted before April 2015. Frackers, predictably, are freaking.
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Republicans vote to deny climate change
Republicans voted against an amendment that would have stated that greenhouse gases cause climate change. Are they stupid, or just corrupt?
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Hawaii lawmakers move to block local bans on GMOs, pesticides
Hawaii lawmakers have stepped in to protect Monsanto, Syngenta, and other ag giants from local laws that restrict their operations.
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![U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014.]()
![U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014.]()
Energy state of Obama’s union: Drill? Frack? Cut carbon? “All the above”
The president's annual address unveiled no new climate initiatives and doubled down on an everything-goes approach to energy.
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Greenpeace out: Parting shots from a battle-hardened climate leader
Departing Greenpeace USA head Phil Radford offers thoughts on points scored, environmental fouls, and the tough calls ahead.
