The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Could 2015 Be the Year of Renewables?
Across the world, countries are showing ways to move beyond fossil fuel dependency and catapult us into a green energy future.
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Lima Climate Change Talks Reach Global Warming Agreement
The UN plan agreed Sunday is a crucial step towards a climate change deal due to be finalized in Paris next year – for the first time committing all countries, including developing nations, to cutting emissions.
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First Nation Firekeepers Defeat Kinder Morgan on Burnaby Mountain After Monthlong Struggle
If the company comes back for more testing, or eventually to lay down pipe on the mountain, what happened last month could prove only to be the first spark of resistance.
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Is Climate Justice Movement On Collision Course with Washington State's Carbon Policies?
It's time for advocates of neutral carbon pricing to recognize that the political landscape is shifting and consider more mixed systems that invest directly in the public good.
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Natural Gas Exports and Washington's Revolving Door Are Fueling Climate Threat
A new in-depth report has revealed the influence the government-industry revolving door has had on Big Oil's ability to obtain four liquefied natural gas export permits since 2012 from the Obama Administration.
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Dozens Arrested as Tar Sands Pipeline Protest Grows In British Columbia
Standing on the side of the protesters, Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan vowed to wage war against fossil fuel giant Kinder Morgan.
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Tackling Climate Change And Remaking the Economy – In Navajo Country
A proposed community-owned solar project on an abandoned coal mine in Arizona illustrates how cooperative economics make it possible to stop extracting fossil fuels — without leaving workers behind.
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Coal-Free By 2025: Why Denmark Leads the Global Fight Against Climate Change
The Nordic nation of 5.6 million has been at the forefront of wind power innovation since the 1890s, when one of its leading scientists, Poul la Cour, began testing turbines.
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Carbon Conspiracy: Proposed Keystone XL Contractor Responsible for Melting Asian Glaciers
The finding comes in the aftermath of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to authorize the Alberta to Cushing, Oklahoma Keystone XL northern leg, with a vote in the U.S. Senate to follow on November.
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Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time
With animal agriculture as the leading cause of species extinction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and habitat destruction, becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make.
