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Why Rand Paul’s plan won’t save Detroit
The Tea Party senator thinks slashing taxes is the solution to Detroit's woes (as well as every other problem in the country). Actually, it's not.
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What kind of crazy anti-environment bills is ALEC pushing now?
ALEC keeps the punches rolling with anti-green legislation: Fighting renewable energy standards and emissions caps, handing over public lands to oil and gas, and more.
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Justice giant: Remembering Mandela and his fight for climate justice
Mandela was a fierce champion of the people and regions most vulnerable to the worst of climate change’s impacts.
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The spying game: Companies monitor activists because they can
No one knows just how much surveillance of environmentalists takes place in the U.S. We do know there's not much penalty for getting caught.
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Could you sue Chevron or Exxon for screwing up the climate?
We now know the precise extent to which big fossil-fuel companies are responsible for climate change, but U.S. courts are slower to assign blame.
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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.
