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Which is scarier: A drone overhead or an unregulated dump next door?
If you chose (b), You might want to move more than 100 miles from the U.S. border.
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Did 350.org’s Twitterstorm to end fossil fuel subsidies work? Kinda
A storm of tweets cut through the Earth Summit cacophony for a brief moment Monday, but it also reignited old fights between rich countries and poor, and offered a reminder of just how far we still have to go.
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For shame, America: Canadians dominate dubious awards in Rio
The United States, once a regular winner of the polluter-friendly Fossil of the Day Award, has fallen behind the pack, despite some pretty (un)impressive work at the Earth Summit.
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Rio-ality check: Can the Earth Summit be saved?
With just days to go before world leaders arrive in Rio, international talks are sliding toward the lowest common denominator. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
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Good news: The EPA isn’t watching you with drones
But surely they're up to no good somehow, probably. Stay tuned to Fox News to learn how.
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40 years of environmental diplomacy — what do we have to show for it?
On the eve of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, we look back at four decades of global conservation efforts and take stock of the successes and the failures. Well, mostly the failures.
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New York court backs greenhouse gas initiative, draws Sauron’s eye
And by Sauron, we mean an enormously powerful actor that holds the world in the grip of its wizened hand. The Kochs.
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The farm bill may be about to make a lot of chickens very happy
Following precedent set by California's Proposition 2, the federal government may be set to permanently ban battery cages -- with the egg industry's blessing.
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Why climate polls don’t mean much
People involved in climate politics are always using polls to show that the public supports their policy positions. But polls actually tell us very little about how politics will play out in the real world.
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Me, on the radio, talking about military ‘greening’
I was on Sea Change Radio last week to talk about the military’s efforts to use less oil — and Republicans’ efforts to stop them. It’s a long bit, nice and meaty at about a half hour, so put it on your iPod for your next bus ride. Here it is:
