Environment

Why It's So Hard to Protest Climate Change

Politics, blame, and other road blocks that are holding the movement back.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 12:37 PM PST

Enviros Cheer Obama EPA Pick

The activists are jazzed by Gina McCarthy's record of cracking down on air pollution.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 8:28 AM PST

New Obama Admin. Report on Keystone XL Pipeline Has Enviros Worried

Green groups say they'll keep fighting to block the tar sands pipeline.

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| Fri Mar. 1, 2013 3:46 PM PST

NASA Scientists Are Turning LA Into One Big Climate-Change Lab

Lazers, mechanical lungs, and the quest to better understand cities' carbon emissions.

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| Fri Mar. 1, 2013 1:18 PM PST

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TIMELINE: Shell's Year of Arctic Screwups

Shell's maiden drilling voyage in the Arctic hit a year's worth of rough seas.

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| Fri Mar. 1, 2013 4:00 AM PST

VIDEO: On the Ground at the BP Gulf Oil Spill Hearings

More than $17 billion is at stake as the civil trial against BP opens in New Orleans.

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| Thu Feb. 28, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Top 4 Reasons the US Still Doesn't Have a Single Offshore Wind Turbine

The United Kingdom has 870. Germany has 416. So what's stopping us?

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| Thu Feb. 28, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Former BP Boss Says Deepwater Horizon Wasn't His Fault

In court, former BP executive Tony Hayward says cost cutting did not lead to the oil rig explosion.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 2:28 PM PST

6 Ways the Sequester Will Mess Up the Environment

National parks, food inspection, and clean-energy development are just a few of the programs that will take a major hit.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 11:00 AM PST

Salazar: On Energy, Expect Four More Years of the Same

The outgoing interior secretary predicts little change in second-term Obama energy policies.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 9:35 AM PST
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Land Grab Cheats North Dakota Tribes Out of $1 Billion, Suits Allege

A flurry of lawsuits allege the federal government failed to prevent energy companies from swindling the tribes.

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 | Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:00 AM PST

CHARTS: World's GMO Crop Fields Could Cover the US 1.5 Times Over

Despite superweeds and contamination concerns, genetically modified crops are at an all-time high, says a new industry report.

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Too Much Night Light Makes Us Fat, Cranky—and No Safer

One bright idea from Paris: Dim city lights after 1 a.m.

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| Sun Feb. 24, 2013 11:37 PM PST

After Sandy, Scientists Hunt for Sewage in New York City's Harbors

Scientists are heading out to sea for a forensic look at the storm's impacts.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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How the Military Repelled the GOP's Biofuel Attack

Inside the green/camo alliance that won the Pentagon's green-energy campaign.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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My Heart-Stopping Ride Aboard the Navy's Great Green Fleet

With Washington frozen solid on climate, the Navy is breaking the ice.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST
Illustration: Frank Stockton

14 Weird Ways the US Military Is Going Green

Solar blankets, hybrid Humvees, and other green projects pushed by armed services—and the mad scientists of DARPA.

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Good Riddance: 112th Congress Had Worst Environmental Record Ever

The League of Conservation Voters ranks last year's House of Representatives as the most environmentally antagonistic governing body in US history.

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| Fri Feb. 22, 2013 8:51 AM PST

87 Percent of Snapper Is Mislabeled, Study Says

The seafood special you ordered might actually be a fishy imposter.

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 11:31 AM PST

Coal Country Bank First to Report Carbon Footprint to Shareholders

Climate-conscious investors strongarm bank into rethinking impact of its investments.

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 8:43 AM PST