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Obama shuts down the fossil fuel industry

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The Ridiculous Responses Climate Deniers Had To Obama’s Climate Plan

The best and worst responses to the Obama administration's carbon reduction plan.

When a president announces the most significant action ever on climate change, it’s going to raise some hackles among the opposition. Here are the greatest, and the lowliest, reactions to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, a sweeping rule announced Monday requiring states to lower carbon emissions from their power plants.

Predictable and frustrating.

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Obama Reveals His Most Ambitious Plan To Tackle Climate Change

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Obama Administration Launches Review Of Federal Coal Program That’s Costing Taxpayers Billions

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Wednesday launched the first high-level review of the federal government’s coal program in more than three decades, noting concerns with the program’s environmental impacts and fairness to taxpayers.  

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Activists Hanging From A Bridge Force Arctic Drilling Ship To Turn Around

“Not today, Shell!” an anchor support yelled from a Portland bridge as 13 climbers hung below for the 29th consecutive hour.

Cheers and chants were heard from land and water around 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time Thursday, as a Royal Dutch Shell ship slowly turned around in the water and retreated from the bridge. The Arctic-bound ship stopped in its tracks Thursday during its second attempt to reach a Shell drilling site. The oil company aborted its first attempt early Wednesday morning, when Greenpeace activists rappelled off of St. John’s Bridge in Portland, Oregon with the support of assistants and “kayaktivists” on the water, two hours before the icebreaking vessel was scheduled to leave. The ship’s second attempt also failed.

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An environmental group is suing the state of California’s oil agency for not incorporating certain information into its fracking rules

An environmental group is suing the state of California’s oil agency for not incorporating certain information into its fracking rules — information that included warnings of the risks fracking poses to drinking water and the environment.

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The circumstances of Cecil's death are far from unique.

The internet is awash with heartbreak after learning that Cecil, one of Zimbabwe’s most well-known and well-loved lions, was shot and killed by an American hunter this month.

Heartbreaking.

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High temperatures and continued drought mean little relief for a West plagued by wildfire.

Just in time for peak tourist season, Montana’s Glacier National Park is on fire. As of Tuesday, some 3,200 acres of the park were engulfed by wildfire, which began a week ago and caused park officials to shut down three separate campsites throughout the park as well as close off the St. Mary Visitor Center. As of Wednesday, the wildfire was 56 percent contained, and portions of the park that were previously closed have been reopened to the public — but firefighters are still working to contain the remaining portion of the fire. According to NPR, travel companies associated with the park earn 90 percent of their revenue between June 20 and August 20.

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How Propane Could Completely Undermine One State’s Ban On Fracking

New York will have to consider whether a new fracking technology is safer and more economical than the previously banned one.

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New Report Reveals The Severe Economic Impacts Climate Change Will Have In The South

Climate change is set to hit the Southeast United States and Texas hard.

That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Risky Business Project, a nonprofit that focuses on the economic impacts of climate change. The report, which focused on 12 states — 11 states in the Southeastern United States plus Texas — found that the increased heat and humidity that these states are expected to experience as the climate changes will put the region’s recent manufacturing boom at risk.

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One Simple Chart Shows The Differences Between Hillary Clinton And Bernie Sanders On Climate

When Hillary Clinton released a fact sheet detailing her plan to fight climate change on Sunday night, her presidential campaign characterized it as “bold.” Indeed, the goals outlined in the plan are significant — a 700 percent increase in solar installations by the end of her first term, and enough renewable energy to power every home in the country within 10 years.

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James Hansen Spells Out Climate Danger Of The ‘Hyper-Anthropocene’ Age

James Hansen and 16 leading climate experts have written a must-read discussion paper on what humanity risks if it can’t keep total global warming below 2°C (3.6°F). The greatest risk they identify is “that multi-meter sea level rise would become practically unavoidable.”

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13 Giant Companies Just Made Big Climate Pledges

Thirteen giant companies joined the Obama administration’s Act on Climate initiative Monday, announcing at least $140 billion in new low-carbon investment and more than 1,600 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy, the White House said.

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One Congressman’s Fight To Keep Fracking Waste Out Of Drinking Water

Even treated fracking waste can become unsafe when exposed to our public wastewater treatment system.

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Hottest June Puts 2015 On Track For Hottest Year On Record By Far

NASA reported Wednesday that this was the hottest June on record (tied with 1998). And it’s now all but certain 2015 will be the hottest year on record, probably by a wide margin — as what increasingly appears to be one of the strongest El Niños in 50 years boosts the underlying global warming trend.

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A new food trend is taking root at baseball stadiums across the country, and it's more interested in health and sustainability than in beer and hot dogs.

In May of 2001, Boston Red Sox’ coach John Cumberland planted beefsteak tomato plants in the team’s bullpen — 18 of them, to represent the last time that the team had won the World Series in 1918.

Amazing

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The Best (And Worst) Retailers For Sustainable Seafood