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Texas Gov. Rick Perry fights climate action but embraces wind power
Perry relishes his role as a foe of national climate action. He lambasted the climate bill that passed the House last year as an "economic disaster." He is suing the EPA to block it from regulating greenhouse gas pollution. But he also oversaw one of the more impressive clean-energy success stories of the past decade: the Texas wind industry.
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California ups the ante on renewable electricity standard
California has stepped up again. Yesterday it raised the bar for states setting targets for using renewable energy.
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Texas guv candidate Bill White talks wind, solar, and urban planning
The Democratic candidate for governor spoke to Grist about energy, high-speed rail, and the daunting prospect of urban planning in Texas.
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The Climate Post: Castro's secret meeting with scientists proves climate change is a communist plot
Read about the renewable energy standard's 11th-hour comeback, the Cancun climate summit, the White House's "sinister plot," and more.
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Ohio governor's race: Strickland vs. Kasich
Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Ohio. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
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GOP ‘Pledge To America’ is an oath to Big Oil
When it comes to energy policy, the GOP leaders ignore public opinion and science, and instead push the same old ideas flogged by big oil lobbyists.
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Rally against mountaintop-removal coal mining in D.C. on Sept. 27
America will gather in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2010, to demand the abolition of mountaintop-removal (MTR) coal extraction in Appalachia.
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Bill Clinton: Save America’s economy (and the planet) with clean energy
In a roundtable at the Clinton Global Initiative, Bill Clinton told us his ideas for making the green economy a political and economic reality.
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Renewable electricity standard gets one last gasp in the Senate
The once buried Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) is alive again. Well, maybe. It was introduced in the Senate, but there's no guarantee it lives.
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An open letter to Michael Morris, CEO of American Electric Power
An open letter to a utility executive asking him to rethink his opposition to EPA climate regulations.
