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A sluggish start for California carbon auctions?
The first sale of emissions credits under California's cap-and-trade program raised $286 million, but officials say money's not the goal here.
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![Climate activists Lesley Butler and Rob Bell (R) "sunbathe" on the edge of a frozen fjord in the Norwegian Arctic town of Longyearbyen]()
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World superpowers are about to get a brand new coast
The broad, open ocean of the brand new North Coast has lots of governments and companies already planning for the economic and strategic possibilities.
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Shell, BP join dozens of companies expressing support of carbon pricing
International corporations call for a carbon tax or another form of carbon pricing; Barack Obama laughs.
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Greatly increased greenhouse gas emissions found at Australian fracking site
The source of the leaks isn't known, but it's enough to make scientists nervous.
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Used electric-car batteries could end blackouts
It's hard enough to recycle the batteries that power tiny devices. What do you do with those ginormous batteries that store a car's power?
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Good news for nostalgists: The debate over the Keystone pipeline has returned
With new protests at the White House and new pressure from the Senate, President Obama will soon make a final decision on the tar-sands pipeline.
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Abusive slaughterhouse fined $500 million in massive meat-recall case
A company that tortured sick cows and sold their meat has been fined, but the feds still think the activists who revealed the abuse are terrorists.
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Green progress in California could help the poor
Some of the money from the state's new cap-and-trade auctions will go to needy communities, thanks to a recently passed law.
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The wind industry doesn’t seem to know how to win the most important fight of its life
With the clock ticking on a critical tax credit for wind power, the industry is keeping its fingers crossed.
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A New Jersey plant is dumping millions of gallons of sewage into New York Harbor
Thanks to Sandy, the fifth-largest sewage-treatment plant in the country is dumping out 200 million gallons of partially treated sewage a day.
