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Occupy Sandy: Once welcomed, now questioned
The Occupy movement's relief team still hasn't disbursed all the money it raised to help one of New York City's hardest hit neighborhoods.
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Obama says a climate plan is coming next month, so climate hawks delay lawsuit
Ten states and three enviro groups were about to sue the administration over its delay of climate rules for new power plants. Now they're giving the president a short reprieve.
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The feds get seriously creepy about climate change
Turns out climate change may be a top government priority after all -- just not in the way you might think.
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Al Gore, raising the heat on Obama, calls Keystone an “atrocity”
The former veep has been joining other Democrats in calling on the president to get moving on climate change and say no to Keystone XL.
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Climate change 101 with Ernest Moniz: “Count.”
When a climate-skeptic congressman asked how we can be so sure that people are causing climate change, the energy secretary pointed to basic math.
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A Franke discussion: How one artist fought back when the feds tried to shut her up
Artist Franke James' work on climate change didn't sit well with the Canadian government. But the feds' attempt to silence her only inspired her to speak out.
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Stephen Colbert knows that New York City’s bikeshare is a scourge
Colbert gets in on the bicycle hating. And OMG just watch.
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Colorado city wants more than just a ban on fracking
Residents of Lafayette, Colo., are pushing a ballot initiative would prohibit all new oil and gas extraction and establish a far-reaching community bill of rights.
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Colorado is burning as climate change extends wildfire season
The head of the U.S. Forest Service recently warned Congress that climate change is prolonging the annual wildfire season. Colorado is feeling the heat.
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U.S. and China team up to fight climate-changing HFCs
At a summit in California, Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to tackle hydrofluorocarbons, a lesser-known climate scourge.
