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Take Action: Some In Congress Spreading Misinformation About Coal Ash
Coal ash contains numerous poisonous chemicals, including arsenic, selenium, lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, boron, thallium, and aluminum. So why are some members of Congress wanting to block action from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson that would protect people from toxic coal ash? It’s true – 139 House members and 36 Senators either signed […]
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School lunch reform act creeps toward passage
The "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act" has passed the Senate. But time is running out.
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Why won’t Team Obama save a clean-energy program from Fannie and Freddie?
The Obama administration has taken modest measures to help rescue a promising clean-energy finance tool, but it hasn't put its top people on the case. If it did, there's reason to think PACE could be quickly restored.
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The Climate Post: Beating a dead climate horse
Read about the shape of the 2010 wind market, world pessimism about the U.S., activists turning to issues besides the climate bill, and more.
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A climate 'Plan B' for team Obama
Congress has failed to act on climate once again, but here are several ways President Obama can use his executive powers to combat climate change.
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Why did the climate bill die? Because we still don’t have a real climate movement
Why did climate legislation fail? The absence of pressure from Americans across the country demanding that serious action be taken.
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So what happens when you dump 2 million gallons of toxic chemicals into the ocean?
Democrats were skeptical on Capitol Hill as senators heard sunny testimony about the whereabouts of all that Gulf oil and the impact of the Corexit that was used to disperse it. Meanwhile, longtime Gulf fisherman are alarmed by the strange sights they're seeing out there on the fishing grounds. Said one: "All the sea life is trying to get out of the water."
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A way forward — climate hope in a prison of despair
The U.S. Senate has rejected taking action on a significant climate or energy bill this year. Heads are hanging in despair, moans of anguish are rising, and arguments are breaking out about who is to blame. Hope is here --- a light can still shine ... Here's how.
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How to make Smart Growth affordable
If you live in a walkable, transit-connected neighborhood, you'll probably spend less on transportation. Perhaps mortgage lenders should take note. Here's how smarter mortgages could crack the Smart Growth housing premium.
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Standing in the way of justice for the BP calamity
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced yesterday that he would scuttle plans to attempt to debate the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Spill Accountability Act, S. 3663, which would remove the ridiculously low liability cap of $75 million for damag
