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The Climate Post: 2011 could see truly epic legislative battles over climate, energy
Read more on the fate of the renewable energy standard, nice Canadians and their not-so-nice tar sands, electric cars, and more.
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What oil? Government scientists say they can't find much crude in the Gulf
This is just getting bizarre. A government-sponsored team of scientists out searching for oil in the Gulf reports it hasn't found any.
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Industry wraps coal ash regulation fight in the mantle of civil rights
Some opponents of stronger coal ash regulation are trying to make their case in the language of civil rights. But their argument doesn't fly.
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Progressives don't screw other progressives. Okay, shouldn't.
Lately, I've been mulling over how climate/energy policy relates to the larger politics of progressivism. Some think Obama has been so bad on environmental issues that environmentalists should try to mount a primary challenge in 2012. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that the environmental critique is valid. Does it therefore follow that greens should work to see him gone?
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Chances for renewable electricity standard now slim and slimmer
Congress wasn't back in town long, but long enough to start sucking the life out of a federal renewable electricity standard. Sen. Lindsey Graham is doing his part to muck things up -- again.
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McCain has become a climate conspiracy theorist
John McCain, once a champion of strong action to fight global warming, joined the rest of the Republican Senate caucus in questioning climate science.
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A chat with Earl Blumenauer about livable communities and right-wing paranoia
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) spoke with Grist about livability, paranoia, and spreading the success of Portland.
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Obama: We may need to solve climate change in 'chunks'
Obama told Rolling Stone we may have to solve climate change in chunks. Done with resolve, this has the potential to surpass a comprehensive climate bill
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WIC Recipients Should Have Access to Organic
It is a truth of modern day grocery shopping that a bag of apples costs more than a bag of chips. Unfortunately, the cost disparity between healthy and unhealthy foods is a driving force behind what goes into shopping carts – a sad reality for millions of Americans who struggle to afford healthy food. National […]
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Will Ed Miliband take Britain’s Labor Party from red to green?
Ed Miliband, new leader of Britain's Labor Party, helped to push through binding targets on CO2 emissions. How will he shape the party's green agenda?
