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Two More Victories in the Fight Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
While the fight to end mountaintop removal coal mining is still far from over, we are celebrating today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on […]
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Flood-drought-flood: Is this the new normal?
Drought has given way to flooding in the Midwest, the latest manifestation of a vicious cycle that appears to be driven by climate change.
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Three Unequal Choices for a Local (Renewable) Energy Future
Earth Day highlights the need for a sustainable energy future, and experience suggests that there are only three meaningful choices for communities trying to increase local control of a greener […]
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Koch brothers want to buy L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, six other papers
Billionaire oil barons Charles and David Koch -- mega-funders of climate denial and right-wing causes -- are looking to get into the media business.
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GOP goes hunting for EPA emails about turducken
… but misses the big picture of the agency's transparency problems.
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Silly New York town board drops ban on talking about fracking
The leaders of Sanford, N.Y., barred citizens from speaking about fracking during public meetings -- until a lawsuit scared them into respecting free speech.
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Peabody Energy screwing former coal workers out of health care
Peabody created a spinoff company that took on the liability to provide health care for its retired workers. Now the spinoff has declared bankruptcy.
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Climate Desk Live: Watch David Roberts and other smarties debate Keystone
Climate Desk hosted a discussion on the science, stakes, and strategy behind the tar-sands pipeline fight.
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Time to Recognize the Rights of Nature
With Earth Day 2013 around the corner, it’s a good time to step back and see how we’ve been doing since the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million […]
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Keystone XL: The science, stakes, and strategy behind the tar-sands pipeline fight
You're invited to the next Climate Desk Live event for a debate and discussion between some of the leading voices on this issue, including Grist's own David Roberts.
