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World famous climate project forced to scrounge for funding
As the Keeling Curve shows atmospheric CO2 rising above 400 ppm, the curve-makers worry about the future of their project's funding.
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Better Building Codes Save Bundles [Chart]
How much money could you and your neighbors save on energy? That depends a lot on the building code, which states (and sometimes cities) can use to set minimum standards […]
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25 years after Exxon Valdez, oil spills ain’t what they used to be
The tanker spills of yore were bad enough. But the rules that covered them don't apply to the tar-sands oil we're now hauling cross-continent.
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What’s all this about a GMO-eating bug?
Here's what you should know to understand a long-unfolding story about genetically modified Bt crops and the worms who love them.
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Dirty Kochs will dish out millions for polluting this Texas town
The Koch bros' plant is just one of a gaggle of polluters strangling Port Arthur, a city also beset by ghastly levels of lung disease and cancer.
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Coal ash is a dangerous mess. Why isn’t it better regulated?
The U.S. political system hasn't yet found the spine to classify coal residue as hazardous. What are the holdups?
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New video: All of the Above is climate denial
You may have seen the latest effort to push an All of the Above energy to a younger generation, this time by the GOP (but of course, they're not the first to do so...ahem, President Obama...). Well, we at Oil Change International have our own version we'd like to share.
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More problems for coal exporters: clean water protections
Ambre Energy and its financial backers at Resource Capital Funds received some more bad news this week for their efforts to build coal export facilities on the Columbia River. Earthfix […]
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Victory in Georgia: Students Continue to Make Progress Against Campus Coal Plants
I am thrilled for students at the University of Georgia: After more than four years of campaigning, gathering more than 5,000 signatures and 100 faculty endorsements, and a slew of […]
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Has modern agriculture cleaned up its dirty runoff act?
Farmers today don't muddy rivers as much as they used to -- but the full downstream picture is still quite dark.