Articles by Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was previously Grist's political reporter. She now covers energy and the environment for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter.
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James Hansen wants you to join in civil disobedience at the U.S. Capitol coal-fired power plant
Some 10,000 young people will be descending on Washington, D.C., from Feb. 27 to March 2 for the Power Shift 2009 conference, where they’ll be organizing to put pressure on […]
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Obama says tar-sands oil has ‘big carbon footprint,’ but doesn’t rule out its use
President Barack Obama is heading up to Canada on Wednesday Thursday to chat with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as David mentioned earlier. The two are slated to discuss, among other […]
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Obama says nice things about clean energy as he signs the $787 billion stimulus package
President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package into law Tuesday during a ceremony at the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. The package includes $62.2 billion in direct […]
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EPA reopens possibility of regulating CO2 from coal-fired power plants
Anti-coal activists scored a win on Tuesday as the U.S. EPA signaled that it is reconsidering the Bush administration’s late decree that greenhouse-gas emissions shouldn’t be taken into account when […]
