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Climate Change
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Flash Floods Have Killed Hundreds In Pakistan, Where Severe Climate Change Is Just Beginning
Glaciers are melting, extreme floods are becoming commonplace, and the country's infrastructure is struggling to keep up as climactic changes wreak havoc, threatening people's daily existence across Pakistan.
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This Grassroots Louisiana Organization In A Conservative Parish Wants To Ban Fracking
Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany demanded a halt to efforts to frack in their backyard.
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Science Organizations Again Urge Congress to Take Climate Change Seriously
A letter signed by many major American groups pushes back against climate denial and calls for policy solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions, expressing a consensus backed by the U.S. National Academies and UNIPCC.
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Texas Is Full of Hot Air. For Clean Energy, That's a Good Thing
Installation of wind turbines is already a multi-billion dollar industry in Texas, driven in part by federal and state subsidies through tax credits that have created thousands of construction jobs.
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TransCanada's $15 Billion Suit Against U.S. Is Corporate Nationhood At Its Worst
When the NAFTA nations meet Wednesday for the annual Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa, climate change and clean energy goals may be overshadowed by TransCanada's use of NAFTA to sue the U.S. government over the Keystone pipeline.
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Berlin Becomes Latest City To Divest From Fossil Fuels
The new investment policy forces the city’s pension fund, worth $850 million, to divest from shares of European oil giants.
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Hawaii's Fight Against GMO's Rages On
Most people know Hawaii for its beautiful beaches, world-class surfing and delicious Kona coffee, but the islands are also ground zero for GE crops – and last week various counties were in court to defend themselves against them.
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New Age of Enlightenment: Why Climate Change Needs 60,000 Artists to Tell its Story
Climate change is such a big problem, we need artists to mobilize on a huge scale to render it comprehensible.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Obama Mercury Air Pollution Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned aside the latest effort by a group of states led by Michigan to block Obama administration environmental regulations limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants.
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Want to See Cities Build a Sustainable, Low-Carbon Future? Check Out Portland
The thriving hub of Oregon has developed a broad set of policies and programs to achieve its ambitious emissions reduction targets.
