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Fossil Fuels
Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable
While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly we will get there.
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California Lawmakers Demand Federal Investigation of Offshore Fracking
With fracking operations to extract fossil fuels off the California coast stepping up, lawmakers in that state are demanding to know why the federal government is approving such operations …
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Life at Louisiana’s Toxic Sinkhole: An Eco-Disaster Continues With No End in Sight
A year after a toxic sinkhole caused by one of Texas Brine's salt caverns either drove neighborhood homeowners in Louisiana out of their houses or left them with ongoing …
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Watchdogs: Regulators Fail to Enforce Pipeline Safety Despite Spills and Deadly Accidents
A watchdog group's data supports accusations that federal regulators are either negligent or too cozy with the energy industry to ensure the public's safety from gas explosions and pipeline …
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Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells
Many corporations work like tumor cells for the relentless destruction of the environment.
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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Gas Land
The Obama Administration has proposed new regulations for fracking on 756 million acres of public and tribal lands.
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Former Mobil Oil VP is speaking out about the dangers of fracking.
State Department Admits It Doesn’t Know Keystone XL’s Exact Route
Big Oil's refusal to release the exact route of the Keystone XL puts thousands of American lives at risk.
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Why Big Coal and the Anti-Frackers Are Up in Arms Over Obama’s Climate Plan
Industry and activists alike put heat on Obama for his ambitious national plan to tackle climate change.
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Canadian Government Deploys Money, Diplomacy for Keystone XL
When everything is tallied, the Harper government's multi-year Keystone XL campaign may top $50 million.