Bloomberg gives $50 million to aid shift from coal worldwide.
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Murkowski bill directs at least 2 major lease sales in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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ICYMI: Uncharted territory.
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Europe calls for cutting car emissions by a third. Not enough, critics say.
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Germany's dirty coalmines become the focus for a new wave of direct action.
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Not far from the UN climate talks taking place in Bonn, activists frustrated with slow progress by governments are turning up...
Democrats assail environmental nominees over climate change.
By LISA FRIEDMANNovember 8, 2017WASHINGTON — A Senate hearing on nominees for two top environmental posts on Wednesday quickly turned testy over the Trump administration’s ambivalence...
This year, as winter nears, residents of China's coal country turn to gas.
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Taiyuan, China—Yin Xiaoling stands in her kitchen on a recent morning admiring her new gas-powered boiler. With winter approaching, she’s happy to...
Why the post-Paris climate challenge is even harder than we thought.
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ICYMI: Two ways natural gas may be escaping at your meter.
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