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Hapless Shell inches forward with drilling in the Arctic
With clearance from the Department of the Interior to proceed, Shell will shortly start digging underwater holes in the Earth.
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Romney treats climate as a punchline
In the final speech of the party's convention, the Republican candidate mocks President Obama's pledge to deal with climate change.
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Energy and environment in the GOP platform: They said what?
We read the whole 62-page Republican platform so you don't have to. Here are the good bits, by which we mean the bad bits.
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Obama calls for massive push on industrial efficiency
The president set a goal of 40 gigawatts of combined heat and power (which we explain) in industrial facilities by 2020.
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Mr. Rand Paul wants you to be nice to Mr. Exxon Mobil
Mr. Gristmill scoffs, kicks sand in his face.
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Mermaids are real and apparently don’t like taxes or universal health care
Angry Ron Paul delegates and racist peanut throwers were not the only strange attendees of the Republican National Convention. There were also mermaids present.
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Surprise! The GOP’s climate position tracks closely with oil industry donations
Republican support for climate action has gone up and down over the years, as have contributions from oil and gas companies.
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GOP convention, day one: A platform built on oil, an argument based on inaccuracy
At the GOP convention, Republicans are pushing stale old energy policies and telling lots of lies.
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![Julian Castro, left, mayor-elect of San Antonio, pauses during a visit with his brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, right, in the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday, May 27, 2009, in Austin, Texas.]()
![Julian Castro, left, mayor-elect of San Antonio, pauses during a visit with his brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, right, in the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday, May 27, 2009, in Austin, Texas.]()
Meet Julian and Joaquin Castro, rising Democratic stars with a strong green streak
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, who'll be giving the keynote at the Democratic convention, and his twin brother Joaquín, who's running for Congress, are both big advocates for clean energy.
