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Undecided voters not undecided about climate change
A Yale survey found that most swing voters know human-caused climate change is real and want the government to do something about it.
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TransCanada protests reveal a bum deal for Texas landowners
Sign the contract or have your land seized, TransCanada tells landowners. Luca Brasi would feel right at home.
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How Gov. Romney threw his climate plans into reverse
A retrospective of Mitt Romney's tenure as governor of Massachusetts shows clearly his politically motivated environmental flip-flop.
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RIP, Barry Commoner: A scientist who wasn’t afraid to make some noise
This pioneering ecologist argued that protecting the environment was inseparable from social issues such as civil, women's, and consumer rights.
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Cuomo punts NY fracking decision. Hollywood wins again!
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has delayed a decision on fracking. Was he influenced by his celebrity friends, or by 20,000 anti-fracking activists in the state?
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Three climate and energy debate questions for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama
Given how relevant our energy future and response to climate change are to the economy, here are some questions we'd love to hear asked in Wednesday's domestic-policy debate.
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Finland aims to be coal-free by 2025
At that rate, the United States could be coal-free in just shy of 3,000 years.
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Everything you need to know about where Obama and Romney stand on energy policy
The presidential candidates' energy agendas couldn't be more different. Here's a side-by-side comparison.
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Obama blocks sale of Oregon wind farms to Chinese company
The proposed deal near a naval facility is the first of its type to be stopped by the federal government since 1990.
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Support for fracking regulation drops even as Wyoming finds new groundwater pollution
The natural gas industry's marketing and PR push is starting to pay off.
