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The city should shovel your sidewalk

Why should cars get a publicly cleared path while pedestrians do not? Sidewalks are a public good and homeowners shouldn't be the ones responsible for them.

Ben Adler Cities

Microscrewed: Why California’s drought could muck up local beers

Using groundwater instead of Russian River water would be akin to brewing with Alka-Seltzer, says the head brewer at Lagunitas.

Samantha Larson Climate & Energy

Nebraska judge throws a big wrench in Keystone XL pipeline works

A local ruling could reset the clock on pipeline approval and further delay the contested project.

Heather Smith Climate & Energy

Steyer may spend $100 million to push climate cause in midterms, but polluters will spend more

Billionaire climate hawk Tom Steyer plans to put big bucks into this year's elections. So do the Koch brothers and their Republican allies.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

When Rush Holt retires, the House will lose a scientist and an environmental advocate

The Democratic rep from New Jersey, a physicist by training, has pushed for science-based decision making and climate action. Needless to say, he was often at odds with the Tea Party.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

Get old. Get free. Get over oil.

I’m going to burn my driver’s license when I turn 75. Maybe sooner. I’d like to do it at the offices of Koch Enterprises, if I can get a ride […]

KC Golden Uncategorized

The #1 Solar Utility is in…Iowa?

It may be one of the oldest cooperative utilities in the country, but in the next six months, Farmers Electric Cooperative (FEC) of southeastern Iowa will be leading the nation […]

John Farrell Uncategorized

Tough act to follow: 50-year-old civil rights law still the environmental justice standard

When it comes to ensuring that communities of color aren't left on the wrong side of the tracks, the 1964 Civil Rights Act is still the most powerful tool.

Brentin Mock Cities

In Michigan, protest with a purr brings out the law’s claws

The trial of the Enbridge Three, aka MI-CATS, aka the Felonious Felines, shines a light on the transformation of the industrial Midwest into a green battleground.