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Piedmont moving ahead to update Climate Action Plan.

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‘Fingers crossed’ for strong turnout against offshore drilling at last-minute North Carolina hearings.

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Massachusetts may overlook climate impacts of biofuels.

Massachusetts is considering a plan that would classify wood pellets and other tree products as sources of renewable energy, allowing the logging industry to...

Pipeline fight returns to where it started: Water.

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Keystone XL pipeline fate in balance as Nebraska opens hearings.

LINCOLN, Neb. (Reuters) - Nebraska regulators opened a final hearing on TransCanada Corp’s (TRP.TO) proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Monday, a week-long proceeding that...

'Dodgy' greenhouse gas data threatens Paris accord.

Potent, climate-warming gases are being emitted into the atmosphere but are not being recorded in official inventories, a BBC investigation has found. Air monitors...

Trump tells UN of intention to leave Paris climate accord – in full.

On Friday, the Trump administration dropped the UN a legally unnecessary but politically charged note regarding its intention to leave the Paris climate agreement. Under the...

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