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EPA's climate rule withdrawal will include big changes to cost calculations.

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Rick Perry’s plan to subsidize coal and nuclear plants is bonkers.

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European countries spend billions a year on fossil fuel subsidies, survey shows.

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Trump: The climate regulator?

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Big Oil moves on its own to cut methane pollution.

A gas flare near Sidney, Montana, on Feb. 14, 2015.  An ExxonMobil subsidiary this week said it would root out methane leaks and upgrade production technology...

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