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Uncovered Documents Reveal MSNBC Show Worked to Promote Fracking
Cable TV network MSNBC has made headlines in recent days for apparently moving away from its “Lean Forward” progressive brand, catering instead to a more center-to-right-leaning crowd. “ People might...
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TransCanada Wins Bid for Underwater Gas Pipeline Across Gulf of Mexico
TransCanada , owner of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline currently being contested in federal court and in front of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) legal panel, has won a $2.1 billion...
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Pipeline Ruptures Spilling 29,000 Gallons of Oil, Just Hours After Obama...
By Farron Cousins On Wednesday, President Obama signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 into law. The bill, known as the PIPES Act , reauthorizes the...
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19 Senators Expose 'Web of Denial' Blocking Action on Climate Change
By Brendan DeMelle Nineteen U.S. Senators who understand the need to clear the PR pollution that continues to block overdue climate policy spoke out on the Senate floor Monday in support of the Senate...
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Listen to Sen. Inhofe's Response to His Granddaughter Asking Him: 'Why Is It...
By Farron Cousins Republican Sen. James Inhofe might be one of the most famous and most outspoken opponents of science in the U.S. and, sadly, that's a reputation that he's proud to have. When...
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Salmon Farms Are Destroying Wild Salmon Runs, First Nations Say
By Judith Lavoie Members of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw First Nation say salmon farms in their territory are destroying wild salmon runs and polluting clam beds and they must leave. Last week a small...
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Renewable Energy Generation Breaks Records Every Month in 2016
By Mike Gaworecki Electricity generation from wind, solar and other renewable energy technologies have set monthly records every month so far in 2016, based on data through June released by the U.S....
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Sacred Burial Grounds Destroyed, Judge Halts Construction on Portion of...
By Larry Buhl A federal judge in Washington, DC declined Tuesday to order the halt of all construction on a portion of the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) route that the Standing Rock Sioux...
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Trump's Connection to Dakota Access Pipeline
By Steve Horn Continental Resources —the company founded and led by CEO Harold Hamm , energy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign and potential U.S. Secretary of Energy under a Trump...
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Federal Agencies Step in After Judge Denies Tribe's Request to Stop Dakota...
By Larry Buhl and Steve Horn Friday afternoon brought a roller coaster of emotions for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and supporters in the battle to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline...
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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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Obama Approved 2 Pipelines to Mexico Amid Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
By Steve Horn On Sept. 9, the Obama administration revoked authorization for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) on federally controlled lands and asked the pipeline's owners, led by...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Viral Sensation Ken Bone and His...
By Steve Horn After Kenneth Bone asked a question about energy to presidential nominees Donald Trump and Secretary Hillary Clinton at the presidential town hall debate on Oct. 9, he quickly became a...
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Drone Footage Shows Dakota Access Pipeline Company Ignored Request to Halt...
By Steve Horn The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed to DeSmog that Energy Transfer Partners, the owner of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline , has ignored the Obama administration's Sept. 9...
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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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