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Happy hour: Obama orders climate planning just in time for the weekend
The White House gives the country a much-needed nudge toward developing better methods for dealing with the effects of climate change in our communities.
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Kauai mayor blocks GMO regulation bill
The Hawaiian island is a popular biotech testing ground -- and for the moment, the industry can keep its free hand there.
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Big Coal: Government regulation sucks, but don’t you dare touch our government subsidies
This week's coal-state protests in Washington illustrated the hypocrisy of a special interest that privatizes profits and spreads costs all over the place.
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Green activists navigate life in the post-privacy era
Technology forces organizers to be cagier and savvier. They can also make transparency their friend.
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Bill would boost renewables to 25 percent by 2025, has no chance in hell of passing
Senators (and cousins!) Mark and Tom Udall have introduced a bill that would set a national renewable electricity standard. It's a good idea, sure to die in a bad Congress.
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Will someone please pay the farm bill?
Congress returns to the business of trying to agree on what to do about farm and food subsidies before the law turns into a pumpkin and the calendar flips back to 1940.
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Congress backtracking on law that aimed to reduce flood risks
America has been promoting the construction of homes in floodplains since the 1960s. And it plans to do so for another four years under a new bill.
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How you pay farmers to watch their crops shrivel up and die
The federal crop insurance program puts farmers in a real bind. And as climate change intensifies, it's only getting worse.
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The future of a big coal-export project will be decided by this small Washington community
A council election in Whatcom County will determine whether a coal terminal is built to send coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia.
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Boston to order builders to adapt to climate change
Under proposed new zoning rules, developers in Beantown will have to construct buildings that can handle floods, heat waves, and other climate impacts.
