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Will Obama block the Keystone pipeline or just keep bending?
As the debate over the TransCanada pipeline nears a breaking point, Obama will have to pick a side once and for all.
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Hundreds of oil spills kept secret by North Dakota
Shocked that a big oil spill in North Dakota was kept from the public for 11 days? That's nothing. Turns out lots of spills have gone unreported by the state.
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Scientists refuse to participate in silly Nebraska climate study
A state law calls for a study of how "cyclical climate change" could affect the state. Climate scientists don't know what that means and don't want anything to do with it.
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The science of Tea Party wrath
Jonathan Haidt on the psychology of politics, the emotions behind the Tea Party — and why as a self-described centrist, he thinks a Republican crackup may be coming.
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Greens and voting rights activists: Get big money out of politics
An unusual alliance of environmental and civil rights groups has intervened in a high-stakes Supreme Court case. Some are calling it the next Citizens United.
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Why climate activists should get over their preoccupation with pipelines
Yes, Keystone XL is horrible, but so are lots of other fossil-fuel projects. Four grassroots activists argue that it's time for a new approach.
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Clean-water laws: The second front in the war on greenhouse gases
A new lawsuit aiming to sharpen the Clean Water Act's acidification rules might be a stretch -- but it's better than nothing.
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Divestment: Making colleges do the right thing with their cash since before you were born
Divestment -- the effort to get large institutions to sell their fossil-fuel investments -- didn't come out of nowhere. Its long history began with the anti-apartheid movement.
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America to EPA: We missed you, babe
Republicans cheered when EPA workers were furloughed. But poll results show that most Americans wanted those workers back on the job.
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Welcome back, federal workers! Look how we screwed up your research
Climate research and other sciences took heavy hits when the federal government shut down for two weeks.
