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Fact or Fiction?: Natural Gas Will Reduce Global Warming Pollution
Has burning natural gas instead of coal helped the U.S. economy decarbonize? It's complicated
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Obama Followed Long, Winding Path to Clean Power Plan
More than seven years into Obama's administration, he finally partially fulfills a pledge to confront climate change
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U.S. Unveils Strengthened Clean Power Plan to Combat Climate Change
Changes to the final rule may assuage many industry and state concerns but the coal industry vows to fight
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Big Polluting Vehicles Roar Back with Low Gasoline Prices
But increased fuel efficiency may yet restrain pollution in the U.S.
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Google Street View Soon to Picture Local Pollution, Too
Technology emerges to crowdsource levels of greenhouse gases and smog
What CityLab Gets Wrong about EVs
How one error keeps tripping up analysis of electric vehicles
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Hillary Clinton Vows to Make U.S. a Clean Energy Superpower
A new campaign video aims to make climate change a big part of the Democrat's presidential election effort
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Dirty Air Correlates with Lower Grades in Texas Schoolchildren
El Paso school kids with higher exposure to air pollution had worse grades
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Fossil Fuel Burning Obscures Radiocarbon Dates
Increasing atmospheric carbon from burned fossil fuels will make historic dating more difficult
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Gap Widens Between U.S. Climate Policy and Coal Leasing
Scientists see a disconnect between leasing lands to mine coal and cutting back on CO2
Dust in the Wind: How Data Visualization Can Help the Environment
The nascent field of sensor journalism helps citizen scientists and journalists fill in the data gaps in environmental monitoring networks
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States Cut Power Plant Pollution ahead of New EPA Rule
Carbon dioxide cuts have already begun ahead of the Clean Power Plan
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Zero Carbon or Bust
Scientists remind policy makers that CO2 pollution must end--and soon
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Robocabs Might Make Big Cut in Pollution
Driverless electric taxis would cut emissions per mile by as much as 94 percent
"Clear and Unanimous" Recommendation for Heathrow Expansion Isn't Unanimously Convincing
Expanding Heathrow is the best answer to the airport capacity problem in the United Kingdom, according to the United Kingdom’s Airports Commission, published Wednesday. This conclusion was “clear and unanimous” amongst commission members. But, not all are convinced...
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More Nations Pledge to Cut Carbon Emissions
Announcements from China, Korea, Brazil and U.S. boost hopes for a global climate deal
How to Reduce Heat Wave Exposure among the Most Vulnerable
During extreme heat in India, the populations that were reported to perish in highest numbers were the very poor, elderly, outdoor laborers and homeless, likely with preexisting health problems and a lack of access to relief...
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Supreme Court Blocks EPA Rule on Mercury Emissions
The justices scuttled the agency’s power plant rule to limit mercury emissions but the decision is unlikely to undermine CO2 regulations
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ConocoPhillips Is the Leakiest Gas Company
Efforts to curb waste are growing but have a long way to go
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Three Ways the World's Power Mix Is About to Change
Solar and wind rush in to replace fossil fuels
