88% of Congress On Gas Industry Payroll As Campaign Donations Hit Record Level

A new report shows politicians' campaign cash from the natural gas industry has soared 231% in states that frack, and more than doubled even in the states that don't. Fact: seven of eight U.S. Congress members are on the gas industry's payroll.

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Revealed: ALEC Seeks Legislation to Punish Solar Power Users as "Freeriders"

The alliance of corporations and ultra-right activists known as the American Legislative Exchange Council is attempting to penalize homeowners who install solar panels on their houses and to block clean energy developments across the U.S.

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Learning to Live in the Anthropocene

There's no conspiracy underway to destroy Earth. UN delegates inside the Warsaw climate conference, shirking their obligations to us and future generations, are simply following the logic of a system contingent on endless growth in the interest of profit.

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California Gov. Jerry Brown Wants to Be Climate Leader – While Fracking Lots of Oil

In August, the 75-year-old, three-term governor signed into law SB4, ensuring fracking for at least the next two years while exempting the practice from thorough review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

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Revealed: Majority of Red-State Americans Now Believe Climate Change is Real

Breaking research reveals 87% of Oklahomans and 84% of Texans accept that climate change is occurring.

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At Warsaw Climate Summit, World Awaits Leaders to Stop Posturing and Start Acting

As the Philippines reels from a massive typhoon that reportedly killed 10,000 people, global climate envoys meeting Monday in Poland will begin two weeks of negotiations to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive climate change pact in 2015.

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Emissions, Climate Change Hit the Heartland As EPA Visits Kansas

Much of the debate in Kansas this week boiled down to a fierce argument over the future of existing coal-fired power plants, pitting supporters of coal against those who say the health of communities and the environment is at stake.

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Cashing in on Catastrophe: How to Stop the Climate Crisis Profiteers

Rather than burying their heads in the sands, political and business leaders are maintaining the pretense to tackle climate change while actually focusing instead on how to manage its impacts—through militarization-—in the interests of elites.

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Economic Growth and Low Carbon Future Will Co-Exist

A report found that the key to reducing CO2 emissions while furthering growth is to harness technologies that radically decarbonize the energy sector.

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Anti-Keystone Stragegy: Build a Movement, Ignore Deniers, Topple Industry

Phil Aroneanu, co-founder of 350.org, believes reaching out to climate deniers is "a waste of our time," as is negotiating with the fossil fuel companies that "speak out of both sides of their mouth."

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