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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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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.
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Miners’ mandatory attendance at Romney rally cost them a day’s pay
Coal miners in Ohio really got the shaft when Romney came to town.
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Through a green glass, darkly: How climate will reshape American history
How does today's climate crisis revise our understanding of our collective past? Mark Fiege, author of a new environmental chronicle of the U.S., takes us on a natural history tour.
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Rush Limbaugh says Obama manipulated hurricane forecasts to delay GOP convention
The conservative radio host spins out a truly wacky conspiracy theory.
