Kids Demand Presidential Candidates Address Climate Change
Few issues have as much impact on the future as climate change . Sadly, the issue of climate change has taken a backseat to economic policy, divisive cultural issues and the threat of terrorism. The...
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Obama to Climate Deniers in SOTU: Go Ahead 'Dispute the Science', But 'You'll...
In his final State of the Union address, President Obama made climate change one of the major themes of the evening, ridiculing those who would deny that climate change is a problem—and one that can...
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Warren Buffett Wages Quiet War on Solar in the West
There are solar battles blazing all across the West right now, as utilities anchored to fossil fuel power plants strain to avoid the inevitable spread of solar across their areas of operation. Not a...
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Duke Energy vs. Solar Energy: Battle Over Solar Heats Up in North Carolina
Around the nation, big utility companies are successfully lobbying lawmakers and regulators to restrict individual and corporate access to solar power , denying people significant savings on...
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Oregon Becomes First State in Nation to Sign Bill That Phases Out Coal, Ramps...
The Oregon legislature just put another nail in the coffin of the coal era. On Friday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed into law one of the most ambitious and sweeping pieces of energy legislation in the...
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182: Total Number of Climate Deniers in Congress
Here’s an inconvenient truth for the fossil fuel industry : The majority of Americans accept the scientific consensus that climate change is real and that it is a threat that must be addressed. This...
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World's Largest Coal Company Expected to File for Bankruptcy as Stock Price...
Peabody Energy, the top miner of coal in the world, may soon file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . The news comes as Peabody's stock closed Wednesday at a six-month low of $2.19 per share —a 46-percent...
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Groundbreaking Study Confirms Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes
A groundbreaking study published Tuesday in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link, for the first time, between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas and earthquakes . The...
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Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Oil Spill in South Dakota
“Landowners’ worst fears came true,” Jane Kleeb, the head of Bold Nebraska, told DeSmog after news broke about the latest Keystone pipeline oil spill. “When you have a pipe running through your farm...
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'King of Coal' Gets One Year in Prison for Deadly Mine Disaster That Killed 29
Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship received the maximum possible sentence Wednesday for his misdemeanor conspiracy conviction, in a criminal case spurred by the Upper Big Branch disaster that killed...
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25% of Europe Quits Coal
Europe’s coal industry continues its downward spiral as a quarter of European Union countries have now closed their doors to the dirty energy source. Belgium has become the latest country to shut down...
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The Most Powerful Oil and Gas Lobby You’ve Never Heard Of
The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) is far from a household name, but a new investigation published by InsideClimate News' Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Lisa Song may...
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Top Climate Denier Turns Down $20k Bet From Bill Nye
One of America’s most outspoken deniers of the link between fossil fuel burning and global warming has refused $20,000 in bets that the planet will keep getting hotter. Offering the two bets to Marc...
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What You Need to Know Six Years After BP's Gulf Oil Disaster
Today, April 20, 2016 marks the six-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that claimed the lives of 11 men and caused the largest man-made oil spill in history. The cleanup crews...
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Which Countries Won't Be Signing the Paris Climate Deal on Earth Day?
An unprecedented number of countries will be gathering in New York City tomorrow to sign the Paris climate deal. After significant progress was made this past December in agreeing the landmark deal,...
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New Uncovered Corporate Documents Show #ExxonKnew Much Earlier Than...
Throughout Exxon ’s global operations, the company knew that CO2 was a harmful pollutant in the atmosphere years earlier than previously reported. DeSmog has uncovered Exxon corporate documents from...
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Fracking in Bakken Oilfield Largely Responsible for Global Rise in Ethane
The Bakken shale oilfield is largely responsible for most of a mysterious global rise in atmospheric ethane—a pollutant that can harm human health and heat the atmosphere further—peer-reviewed...
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Duke Study: Rivers Contaminated With Radium and Lead From Thousands of...
Thousands of oil and gas industry wastewater spills in North Dakota have caused “widespread” contamination from radioactive materials, heavy metals and corrosive salts, putting the health of people...
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New Federal Report Shows Dimock Water Was Unsafe to Drink After All
Back in 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a startling announcement, shaking up the battle over fracking in one of the nation's highest-profile cases where drillers were...
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Solar War Continues in North Carolina: Nonprofit vs. Duke Energy
In one of the remaining four states that explicitly ban third-party solar sales, a small nonprofit is continuing its fight against the nation’s biggest utility over the right to sell solar power to...
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