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Even nuclear weapons are going green
America's main nuke plant will soon be powered partly by wind. Hey, if you're going to condemn the world to a nuclear winter, you might as well be climate-friendly about it.
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Climate-denier politicians under attack by new ad campaign
The League of Conservation Voters will spend $2 million on ads that portray four Republicans in Congress as dangerous extremists.
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Conservative hostility to science predates climate science
The debate over whether climate scientists should stray into advocacy is largely moot. No amount of "objectivity" is going to diminish conservatives' decades-long hostility toward science.
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A Tea Party leader explains why she’s teaming up with the Sierra Club to push for solar power
Georgia will soon be producing a lot more solar energy because of an unusual coalition. Now it has a name: the Green Tea Coalition.
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Can a giant ice wall stop Fukushima radiation from leaking into the sea?
Some 300 tons of radioactive water are pouring from the plant into the Pacific every day, so TEPCO wants to build a mile-long underground ice wall to stop the leakage.
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Is Keystone XL a distraction from more important climate fights?
Or is it pointless to criticize the one climate movement that's gotten the most traction in the U.S.? An article in Nature tries to stoke a debate.
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Steve King insults climate scientists and religious Americans simultaneously
The GOP rep from Iowa, most recently in the news for his "calves the size of cantaloupes" comment, turns his eloquence to the topic of climate change.
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The REINS Act shows, again, just how f’ing crazy the House GOP is
The House GOP passed a bill that would fundamentally change the balance of power within the federal government and cripple the ability of the government to regulate. Ho hum.
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A year after a refinery explosion, Richmond, Calif., is fighting back
Last August's explosion and fire were just the latest in a long history of disasters at Chevron's East Bay plant. Locals have had enough.
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Keystone study contractor under scrutiny by State Dept. watchdog
Does the consulting firm studying the environmental impacts of Keystone XL have a conflict of interest? State's Inspector General is looking into the question.
