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Teachers urge $175 billion pension fund to flex muscle on climate change.
Brian Young says his friends often ask why he feels so strongly about climate change.
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Don't fund coal mine, activists plead with Australian export credit agency.
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Green groups say the Resgen Boikarabelo project in South Africa will lead to worker exploitation and hinder Paris commitments
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VIDEO: How a Costa Rican cooperative slashed the carbon footprint of coffee.
April 5, 2017 — Raise your hand if your day starts with a cup of coffee (or two). You’re not alone. Around the world,...
Successful Colombian rainforest project exposes problems with carbon emissions trading.
The Chocó-Darién Conservation Corridor, as the community’s REDD+ project is called, is the first REDD+ project to be certified in Colombia. In 2012 it...
Duke University eyes biogas, not fossil fuels, for new power plant.
In the latest twist on the controversial power plant Duke University proposed last spring, an influential group of students, faculty and staff says it...
Investors are building their own green-power lines.
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Why Alabama still lags the rest of the Southeast on solar.
While other Southeastern states are surging ahead with solar energy, advocates say a unique combination of policy obstacles, burdensome fees, and one reluctant utility...
Grist 50: Meet the Fixers.
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How Trump can help save coal—with China's help.
Last week, President Donald Trump declared that he would bring back coal jobs, directing the EPA to roll back the Clean Power Plan and...
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