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Auto destruct: How Detroit went bankrupt, and how it could rise again
Detroit has always represented the America we aren't comfortable with. Maybe it now has a chance to shake off our projected dreams and nightmares.
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Nancy Sutley plans her White House exit
Another member of Obama's environmental team is headed for the door. Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will step down in February.
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Native American groups increasingly at the center of fights over oil and gas
There's a lot of natural gas and oil to be found on or near tribal lands. Will indigenous people go along with drilling and pipeline plans, or fight them?
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Why climate skeptics and evolution deniers joined forces
Climate change and evolution came under attack for different reasons, but now their skeptics are banding together.
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Will Massachusetts become the second state to ban fracking?
Legislation that would impose a 10-year moratorium on fracking is making its way through the state legislature.
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Climate change: No longer electoral Kryptonite!
Virginia's gubernatorial upset is just the beginning, as politicians realize the climate issue is one that can help them win.
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Obama admin is going to be awfully busy with new environmental regulations
A new White House document lists federal rules that are in the works, and there are a lot, including regs on power-plant emissions and fracking.
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Proud moment: The U.S. is no longer the world’s biggest jerk on climate change
The planet's largest historical greenhouse gas polluter walked away from the U.N. climate talks looking a little better than in years past -- mainly because others behaved so badly.
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New Zealand rejects climate refugee asylum bid
A New Zealand court turns away a resident of low-lying Kiribati, saying environmental woes aren't sufficient for him to qualify as a refugee.
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Last-minute settlement spares key environmental justice standard
A housing discrimination suit will not get its day in the Supreme Court -- and that is probably a good thing for civil rights.
