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Government shutdown would close EPA, too
Congratulations, Congress! When you cripple the federal government, you'll also scuttle the agency that tries to keep polluters at bay.
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The scary, the cautionary, and the stupid: Reactions to the IPCC climate report
Most smart people expressed alarm at the findings of the IPCC's latest assessment report. Climate deniers had other reactions.
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The Maldives, a fledgling democracy at the vanguard of climate change
An IPCC report on future sea-level rise looms, but climate issues have been absent from the political campaigns on the paradise atolls.
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4 climate myths you’ll hear this week
'Tis the season of climate denial. Be prepared.
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Aussies open wallets to save climate advisers from new prime minister
Australia's new climate-denying leader scrapped a federal climate task force. Some of his more enlightened countrymen and women are funding it as a nonprofit, instead.
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The whitewashing of the environmental movement
The traditional environmental movement has a diversity problem. And for the environmentalism as a whole to succeed, that needs to change, says Van Jones.
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Court to EPA on Gulf dead-zone rules: Make up your freakin’ mind
The federal government just came a step closer to regulating fertilizer runoff in the Mississippi River -- runoff that feeds Gulf of Mexico dead zones.
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Republican solution to wildfires: Sell the trees!
No forests means no wildfires, see? Despite that impeccable logic, the bill the House just passed to double logging nationwide will never become law.
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Message from the EPA: It’s about protecting people, not polar bears
The Obama administration’s proposed new limits on power plant pollution -- and the broader fight against climate change -- are about safeguarding vulnerable communities, says the agency’s chief.
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Cancelled: Live chat with Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy is off
Alas, due to scheduling conflicts, we've had to cancel our planned Google+ Hangout with the energy secretary and EPA administrator.
