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EPA takes on three villains at once: Pollution, climate change, and racism
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
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Greenpeace activists arrested — again — for trying to block Russia’s Arctic oil activities
The same protestors who were jailed in Russia last year got themselves arrested once more, this time for trying to block an oil delivery to a Dutch port.
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Las Vegas’ binge drinking days are over. Can it survive the hangover?
Never mind those fountains, Sin City has gotten serious about water conservation. But with an ongoing drought and the looming threat of climate change, it will have to do a lot more.
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From Bundy to Keystone XL: Where’s the property rights outrage here?
Many of the pundits who rallied behind rancher Cliven Bundy don't seem to care as much about ranchers' property rights when it's TransCanada using eminent domain to build KXL.
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This man is on the hunt for California’s next climate leaders
Meet Nick Josefowitz. Turns out Tom Steyer isn't the only ambitious fundraiser working to get climate hawks elected.
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The Cowboys and Indians pipeline protest was a throwback — in more ways than one
The carefully designed anti-Keystone demonstration in D.C. put a dramatic face on the movement.
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Top coal lobbyist compares coal plants to 90s car phones, refuses to say if coal contributes to climate change
The US coal industry has been struggling with its PR efforts in the face of some tough conditions: polls show that coal is Americans’ “least favored” energy source, scientists insist […]
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Supreme Court: One State’s Coal Pollution Not Allowed to Make Another State’s Families Sick
In a huge victory for public health, today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in a case considering the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution rule, which is designed to protect Americans […]
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Urban farms won’t feed us, but they just might teach us
It's clear that the craze for the urban farm is no answer to feeding our teeming cities. Its value lies instead in how it can change us.
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One frack mind: How a determined New Yorker won the green Nobel
Helen Slottje found a legal strategy for upstate New York towns to block fracking through zoning. Now she's ready to take it national.
