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People power beats corporate utility 2-to-1 in Boulder
Voters in Boulder, Colo., spurned Xcel Energy's big-money campaign and pushed toward a plan to create a publicly owned, renewably powered utility.
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Kochs and Republicans launch bid to snuff out wind-energy tax incentives
The fossil fuel industry thinks Americans have had just about enough of federal handouts for sources of energy that aren't fossil fuels.
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Crowdfunded science suggests that coal-hauling trains cause air pollution
An atmospheric scientist solicited funding online for research into pollution from coal trains, and now his preliminary results are in.
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Ballot effort to ban tar-sands oil from Maine city appears to have failed
A ballot initiative to prevent tar-sands oil from being piped through South Portland and loaded onto ships narrowly lost, according to initial poll results.
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Colorado voters tell fracking industry to frack off
Residents of the Colorado cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette voted Tuesday to ban or suspend fracking.
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“Our most paranoid friends were completely right”
Internet activism expert Ethan Zuckerman lays out what the Snowden/NSA revelations mean for organizers in the U.S. and abroad.
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This ridiculous luxury bike costs more than your car
This $11,200 Hermès bike was designed for "people who really want to have an easy life." No kidding.
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EDF sells green cred to Walmart for the low, low price of $66 million
Environmental Defense Fund, a big cheerleader for Walmart's sustainability efforts, gets about an eighth of its budget from the Walton family, the same folks who control Walmart.
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The big election winner: Deep-pocketed Tom Steyer
With a hefty injection of money from Steyer, enviros won two key contests on Tuesday: the governor's race in Virginia and a race in rural Washington that may determine the fate of a coal export terminal.
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More corn grown in U.S. this year than ever before. Thanks, biofuels.
American farmers are set to harvest 30 percent more corn this year than last year. That's due to agreeable weather and EPA's biofuel mandate.
