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EPA bashes State Department’s ‘insufficient’ Keystone report
The EPA says State still hasn't done its homework on the Keystone XL pipeline's potential environmental effects.
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Koch brothers want to buy L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, six other papers
Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch -- mega-funders of climate denial and right-wing causes -- are looking to get into the media business.
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A tale of two Earth Day heroes: Tim DeChristopher and Sandra Steingraber
Just as DeChristopher is being released from prison, where he served 18 months for disrupting an oil and gas auction, Steingraber is going to jail for protesting fracking.
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GOP goes hunting for EPA emails about turducken
… but misses the big picture of the agency's transparency problems.
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Silly New York town board drops ban on talking about fracking
The leaders of Sanford, N.Y., barred citizens from speaking about fracking during public meetings -- until a lawsuit scared them into respecting free speech.
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Keystone XL opponents dominate raucous Nebraska hearing
More than 1,000 people converged on a Nebraska town to tell the State Department what they think of plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Court rescues Belizean coral from offshore oil drillers
Belize's Supreme Court overturned government contracts that would have allowed a spectacular reef area to be drilled for oil.
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Climate Desk Live: Watch David Roberts and other smarties debate Keystone
Climate Desk hosted a discussion on the science, stakes, and strategy behind the tar-sands pipeline fight.
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10 states to sue Obama admin for dragging feet on climate rules
The EPA has missed a deadline for regulating new power plants, and a coalition of states, cities, and green groups is fed up with delays.
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Keystone XL: The science, stakes, and strategy behind the tar-sands pipeline fight
You're invited to the next Climate Desk Live event for a debate and discussion between some of the leading voices on this issue, including Grist's own David Roberts.
