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Underground environmentalism in communist East Germany
When I had a free afternoon during my recent trip to Berlin, I headed down Unter den Linden (I love German street names — my hotel was on the Albrechtstraße, […]
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Will Richard Daley, Chicago’s outgoing ‘green’ mayor, help quash coal pollution?
Will Richard Daley’s last month in office be marred by two old coal plants?Photo: Kate GardinerCross-posted from Midwest Energy News. A long-stalled Chicago ordinance that could force the city’s two […]
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Barton denies any ‘medical negative’ from mercury, smog, or soot pollution
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. At a congressional hearing on Friday designed to lay the groundwork for an effort to delay critical EPA toxic pollution standards, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) claimed […]
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One year after the BP oil spill, dangers remain
A year ago, the American public, government regulators, and Gulf of Mexico families had been lulled into a false sense of security over the safety of offshore drilling and the […]
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Why the Supreme Court should let states sue the country’s biggest carbon polluters
This post was coauthored by Matt Pawa. He and I represent the land conservation trusts in American Electric Power vs. Connecticut. Today, the Supreme Court hears oral argument in American […]
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This is what a Power Shift looks like [SLIDESHOW]
Thousands of young climate activists descended on Washington, D.C., over the weekend for the third biennial Power Shift conference. Then on Monday they took their message to the streets and […]
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House Republicans attack life-saving mercury and air toxics standards
It would be irresponsible to deny clean air to the American people.Photo: BronxCross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. And so it begins. Long a rumored dirty secret, Rep. Ed […]
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Should kids be exposed to more or less toxic pollution?
For some representatives, the health of schoolkids just doesn’t seem to be the priority.Cross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Some questions should be easy to answer. But, with Congress, […]
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Surprise! Times Square air cleaner now that cars are gone
Refreshing, isn’t it?Photo: Ed Yourdon Despite positive reviews from local business owners, area workers, tourists, and other human beings, New York Post columnist Steve Cuozzo won’t stop frothing at the […]
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Is this the natural gas industry’s fib-filled high pressure sales strategy?
As reported by Brian Merchant at Treehugger, a tipster has offered up an internal oil and natural gas company document called "Talking Points for Selling Oil and Gas Lease Rights." […]
