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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.
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Schools install pricey filters to protect kids from frac sand
In Wisconsin, the booming frac-sand industry is bringing lots of challenges. Still, some lawmakers want to prevent local governments from regulating it.
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If you think fracking is a free-market success story, think again
The GOP-controlled legislature in Pennsylvania wants to give up to $1 billion in subsidies to the fracking industry over the next decade -- on top of big subsidies that are already approved.
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Carbon tax revenues could dwarf fossil fuel losses
If carbon is priced high enough to meet international climate goals, fossil fuel companies would lose up to $12 trillion by 2100, but governments would gain up to $32 trillion in revenues, a new study finds.
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Frackers might soon be allowed to float their wastewater down rivers
The U.S. Coast Guard has proposed a policy that would let fracking waste be barged around the country. What could go wrong?
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This might be the most environmentally friendly jail in the world
It's got a huge rooftop solar array, five wind turbines, and two batteries to store the power generated.
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Bike with solar panels for wheels is basically as green as you can get
The Ele solar bike can run on electricity, solar power, or your own two legs.
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“Economic resistance” — a.k.a. divestment — is as American as apple pie
Divestment veteran Bob Massie lays out what climate-divestment protesters can learn from their apartheid-activist ancestors -- and the Tea Party (the original one).
