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Fossil Fuels
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Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now
A calm apocalypticism is not crazy, but rather can help us confront honestly the crises of our time.
Bill McKibben: Ahead of Keystone XL Rally, Fossil Fuel Divestment Expands Across US Campuses
Sterling College in Vermont announced on Tuesday it will soon become the third college in the United States to divest its endowment from 200 fossil fuel companies identified by …
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More Aging US Coal Plants Hit the Chopping Block
In Georgia, coal plants are being shut down in an effort support and clean energy campaign that is gaining a lot of support.
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America’s New Killing Field: Murder-Suicide on a Global Scale
It now seems that America's newest war zone is Earth itself as fracking and the pursuit of profit puts the entire planet on the brink of destruction.
Media Fails to Report Solar, Wind Successes from Obama’s Policies
Media Fails to Report Solar, Wind Successes from President Obama's Policies
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Meet Cannibalistic Capitalism: Globalization’s Evil Twin
No matter what you think of globalization and economic growth, I believe we'll soon discover that capitalism without them is much, much worse
Cool Our Fever
For far too long, we have been hooked on oil, and we continue to pay a terrible price for it economically, politically, militarily, and environmentally.
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Gassy Geezer Pushes Fossil Fuel
This weekend, as 10,000 energetic, bright, young people are converging on Washington, DC, for PowerShift 2011, a geezer* is waging an all-out assault on their future. Eighty-two-year-old Texas fossil-fuel-pushing …
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order: How the Petroleum Age Will End
Whatever the outcome, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be transformed.