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Putting EPA's announcement on CO2 from power plants in context
EPA's announcement wasn't a huge deal -- it's just a timeline, albeit a timeline that industry will complain is too fast. But the larger subject of greenhouse gas regs is a big deal.
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Clean Air standards coming for America's biggest carbon polluters
In a big step forward, the EPA announced today a two-year plan to set clean air standards for power plants and oil refineries.
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Food safety bill passes House, skates to prez's desk at last
After months of being hopelessly embroiled in Senate dysfunction, the Food Safety Modernization Act has triumphed in the House. Again. This time, it will go to Obama's desk and be signed into law.
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Premier Stelmach, Please Read
December 21, 2010 Dear Premier Stelmach, Merry Christmas, Premier Stelmach, and health and happiness to you and your family. We have never met, but this is the first of many letters you will receive from me, each one accompanied by a great and important book. I must say, before I introduce the first one, that […]
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A conversation with Bill McKibben
The paperback version of my book Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our last Chance to Save Humanity is now available. It includes, as an added section, a conversation between me and organizer Bill McKibben.
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Scoop: word analysis reveals GOP secret Senate strategy
Here's a document WikiLeaks doesn't have: a so-called "word cloud" produced by sophisticated word-frequency-analysis software, only available on the internets.
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The top five stories of the year for climate hawks
Here are the top stories that mattered for climate hawks this year. Some of them aren't even depressing!
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Springing to life, food safety bill charts a course to the president’s desk
After passing the Senate once again, this time in a surprise Sunday vote, the food safety bill seems to have a clear pathway to the president's desk, where it will be signed into law.
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Environmentalism is a plot to take over the world, says coalition of Evangelical Christians [VIDEO]
Climate change has split the Evangelical Christian world asunder. On one side, a minority say that the biblical edict to look out for the poor and be good stewards of God's creation makes them natural allies of those who would limit human emissions of greenhouse gasses. On the other ...
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Food safety bill writhes under the heel of D.C. absurdity
Approved by the House and Senate and supported by the president, industry, and even sustainable-ag groups, the food-safety bill is about to get buried alive on the Senate floor. Huh???!!!
