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The grim fight for renewable energy standards, in the voting booth and behind closed doors
Michigan voters are expected to reject an expanded renewables requirement. In other states, renewable standards are under more stealthy attack.
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House candidate Doug LaMalfa is the archetypal climate-denying idiot
It's so easy to listen to those really quotable climate nuts. But let's not let the super boring ones get lost in the climate denial shuffle.
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Oil-rig wasteland: How the election looks from 37,000 feet
What's at stake in this election? Nothing that isn't laid bare on a flight over the West's booming, and devastated, gas fields.
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Remember to vote — the environment, and this baby walrus, need you
This baby walrus is here to remind you: Tuesday is Election Day!
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California’s GMO labeling proposition bruised by big money and big rumors
California's Proposition 37, aimed at labeling GMO foods, has fallen far.
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Meet the man who’s kept climate change off the Hurricane Sandy Wikipedia page
Thanks to climate denier Ken Mampel, visitors to the world's most popular encyclopedia won't get info about links between climate change and Sandy.
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The most brutal ad you’ll see this election
Remember when Mitt Romney mocked efforts to "slow the rise of the oceans"? That joke's not so funny this week, as a hard-hitting new ad points out.
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Michigan race highlights all that’s wrong with climate and election reporting
Northern Michigan congressional race goes unchecked on climate change facts.
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Fossil fuel group hates wind, media partner dutifully covers ‘study’
The Koch-fueled American Energy Alliance has released a "study" saying wind power shouldn't get a tax credit, and The Hill pretends that's news.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker is checking on people’s families, hosting sleepovers, and generally being amazing
In the aftermath of Sandy, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is dispensing supplies, offering supportive words, and even letting folks crash at his house. Meet your new political crush.
