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Big Coal loses out in Indiana, despite employing two state lawmakers
A planned $2.8 billion coal-to-gas plant could be doomed now that the state legislature has approved tough new ratepayer protections.
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Mitt Romney tells college grads to have lots of babies
Breed early and breed often. That was the gist of Mitt Romney's advice in a commencement address at Southern Virginia University.
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What would ‘wartime mobilization’ to fight climate change look like?
It would look like a lot of big government, according to a pair of new papers. And it would take a very strong climate movement to get there.
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Climate hawk Markey wins primary, moves one step closer to Senate
Rep. Ed Markey won the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’ special Senate election, thanks in part to help from greens, and is favored to win the general election.
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Climate-denying GOP rep wants to take science-funding decisions away from scientists
Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas has drafted a bill that would let Congress set the criteria for grants awarded by the National Science Foundation.
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Climate change hurts women. Wall Street Journal sneers.
Democrats pointed out that climate change disproportionately affects women, especially poor women in developing countries. Right-wing media outlets thought that was funny.
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New Mexico county is first in the nation to ban all drilling and fracking
Mora County has also adopted a bill of rights asserting its local autonomy, essentially telling state and federal officials and corporations to piss off.
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Anti-Keystone ads banned by Facebook
CREDO tried to run an ad on Facebook calling on Mark Zuckerberg to pull his backing from a TV ad that talks up Keystone XL. Facebook nixed the CREDO ad.
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Why do conservatives like to waste energy?
Want to sell a Republican a greener lightbulb? Don't tell them it's green.
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San Francisco and 10 other cities move toward dumping stocks in fossil-fuel companies
A divestment campaign pushed by 350.org is spreading from colleges to cities. Boulder, Colo., Eugene, Ore., and Ithaca, N.Y. are also on board.
