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Washington state carbon tax floated as possible replacement to Inslee's 'Clean Air Rule.'
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How James Inhofe is upending the nation’s energy and environmental policies.
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For more than a decade, Sen. James M. Inhofe has raged against the scientific consensus that humans are fueling...
Why solar panels bloom in Southwest's land of hydropower.
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Panaca, Nev.—It didn’t really matter that Kyle Donohue hadn’t built an array of solar power panels before: Lincoln County wasn’t getting the...
Timor-Leste could be 'architect of its own demise', gas treaty inquiry told.
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SA to spend $500m on Australia's largest battery storage and gas-fired power plant –...
The South Australian government will spend $500m on energy plan, which includes building the nation’s largest battery storage and a state-owned gas-fired power plant....
Standing Rock protests, killing of activist, unite indigenous struggles.
Dakota Access Pipeline protests in U.S. and murder of Honduran land rights activist Berta Caceres have united struggles indigenous peoples on the continentBy Anna...
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