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What we stand to lose (or gain!) in a compromise transportation bill
As the clock ticks down on compromise legislation, here are the things in the Senate version of the transportation bill that we'd most hate to lose.
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Here’s just how filthy that beach water is
the NRDC's annual "Testing the Waters" report should make your July 4th holiday a bit nerve-wracking.
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Why Congress must investigate the wasteful Solyndra investigation
If we're investigating every non-fruitful use of taxpayer money, then we must at once investigate the Solyndra investigation! To the Investigateocycle!
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Why we can’t have better flood insurance yet: Abortions
Remember a long time ago (yesterday) when we were optimistic that Congress would act on flood insurance updates? We shouldn't have been.
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Good news about fossil fuels! Related: Bad news about fossil fuels!
You will basically be rewarded for not reading this post to the end.
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Appeals court to EPA: You just keep on regulating greenhouse gas
Good news. And now, we assume, the chastened polluting industries will quietly upgrade their systems to reduce greenhouse emissions, and we'll never speak of this again.
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How’s the weather, America? June 26, 2012 edition
What do you do when there are too many awful weather-related happenings across the country? You make a map.
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Coal plants are the VHS tapes of the energy production flea market
In the sense that no one wants them.
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No, genetically modified grass isn’t killing cows with cyanide
A more likely (if unproven) culprit: the drought in Texas.