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Mark Zuckerberg’s political group funds ads promoting Keystone and ANWR drilling
The group, founded by the Facebook boss and other tech titans to promote immigration reform, is financing ads that call for more oil exploration. What gives?
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Everybody chill out a little, carbon trading will be fine
A recent effort to reform the European Union's carbon-trading system failed, but that doesn't mean carbon trading is dead in Europe, or anywhere else.
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A gag too far: How ag-gag laws can backfire
As Big Food pushes harder to limit farm exposés, it may only broaden and strengthen the animal protection movement.
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Sierra Club comes out in favor of immigration reform
The group's board has unanimously endorsed a pathway to citizenship, a big shift after years of internal fighting over immigration.
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Obama’s group Organizing for Action finally takes up climate change … sort of
The Obama team isn't pushing for climate legislation, it's just trying to embarrass climate deniers in Congress. But better than nothing, right?
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A big blow for Big Coal in Wisconsin
One coal-fired power plant will be shut down and others will be cleaned up to make amends for air pollution violations, thanks to the EPA.
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The state(s) of the ag-gag
Check out our interactive map of all of America's farm protection, or ag-gag, laws, from 1990 to today.
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Troubled slaughter: Big Ag fights to keep out prying eyes
The industrial farm lobby is pushing tough laws that turn documenting animal abuse into a criminal activity. How did we get here?
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Free-market fans hate climate science, heart conspiracy theories
Why do climate deniers refuse to accept that climate change is happening despite overwhelming scientific evidence? A new study may provide a clue.
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Court hands EPA a victory in fight against mountaintop-removal mining
A federal appeals court has ruled that the EPA can block a permit for a big, controversial coal mine in West Virginia. Activists are celebrating.
