Energy

Name Calling Won't Save Shrinking Glaciers and Disappearing Islands

Greedy, Lying Bastards gets you spitting mad that the climate change argument isn't being more artfully fought.

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| Mon Mar. 11, 2013 8:14 PM PDT

Could Waxman's New Bill Offer New Hope for a Carbon Tax?

When it comes to carbon legislation, Rep. Henry Waxman's motto seems to be "try, try again."

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| Tue Mar. 12, 2013 11:43 AM PDT
Naoto Matsumura with cows near Fukishima, Japan.

The Most Radioactive Man on Earth Has the Kindest Heart

Everyone left Japan's triple disaster zone near Fukushima. Except Naoto Matsumura, who went back to care for his farm animals. Two years later, he's still there.

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| Tue Mar. 12, 2013 3:36 AM PDT
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, commander of the Pacific Command.

Climate Change is Biggest Threat, Says Top Navy Commander in Pacific

The top US Navy commander in the Pacific says that global climate change is likely to be our biggest security threat in the region.

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| Tue Mar. 12, 2013 3:14 AM PDT

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MAP: Is the Next Fukushima in Your Backyard?

Two years after the disaster in Japan, at least a dozen nuclear power plants in the US have had meltdown scares.

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| Mon Mar. 11, 2013 9:58 AM PDT

Navy Says Biofuels a Priority During Sequester

Sequester be damned. The Navy hopes to keep up a full head of steam on biofuels and energy efficiencies programs.

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| Fri Mar. 8, 2013 4:18 AM PST

We Are Hot-Boxing Ourselves With Dangerous Gases at a Furious Pace

Planet-warming emissions soared in 2012.

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| Wed Mar. 6, 2013 9:51 AM PST

Can This Contraption Make Fracking Greener?

A California company says its new tool can help plug methane leaks. But the proof will be in the fracked pudding.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 12:38 PM PST

We're Scarily Close to the Permafrost Tipping Point

Lose the permafrost, lose the battle to preserve a habitable climate.

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| Tue Mar. 5, 2013 4:12 AM PST

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
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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

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
Fort Berthold in North Dakota

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.

By Abrahm Lustgarten , ProPublica

 | Tue Feb. 26, 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

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