Latest Stories in Environmental Policy - Page 2
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Health warning labels proposed for gas pump nozzles
It works for cigarettes, why not for fossil fuels?
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George Monbiot on recycling, consumption, population growth, China and just about everything that matters
If there is one article you read on the problems we face, this gem from George is it.
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Republican Congressman cites Noah's Flood as evidence against climate change being caused by humans
“I would point out that if you’re a believer in in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn’t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.”
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Sustainable Development could be outlawed in Kansas
A bill is introduced that would make it illegal to "to promote, support, mandate, require, order, incentivize, advocate, plan for, participate in or implement sustainable development."
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State of Missouri bans Agenda 21; What would Harry Truman Say?
They are going to stop the UN from giving out free lawn mowers and blocking Walmarts.
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Canadian government learns from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about how to stifle dissent
Approving a pipeline across Toronto is a lot like building a bypass through Arthur Dent's house.
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Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1925- 2013
She was hailed as "a champion for climate Skeptics" but never said the famous quote about a man on a bus.
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After 10 years of hard work, Ontario is getting ready to close its last coal power plants
It wasn't always easy and not everybody agreed with how it was done, but over the past 10 years, the Canadian province of Ontario has shown that it's possible to wean a large economy off coal.
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Celebrating Five New National Monuments
Millions of Americans are applauding President Obama for naming five new National Monuments.
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Obama creates 5 new national monuments, protecting thousands of acres
President Obama is scheduled to create 5 new national monuments today. Too bad congress isn't doing its part...
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Maryland moves one step closer to 200MW offshore wind farm
The state of Maryland has been pushing for at least 3 years to build a 200-megawatt offshore wind farm off its coast, 10 to 20 miles from Ocean City. Getting all their ducks in a row hasn't been easy.
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What does conservative environmentalism look like?
What does conservative environmentalism look like? We know there are conservatives and Republicans that "care about the environment," but what do they want to do about it?
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Name and shame: 8 countries still above European Union air pollution limits
The bad news is that there are still 8 countries - Luxembourg, Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, and Finland - that exceed limits on air pollution.
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Obama to use Nixon-era law to fight climate change. Will it work?
President Obama will use NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act, signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970, as a way to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to use executive power to address climate change when Congress fails to act.
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Debunking Paul Ryan's energy budget
Think Progress has a good debunking of eight energy-related issues in Paul Ryan's fiscal year 2014 budget.
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Obama "cannot in good conscience" approve Keystone XL: NYTimes
In a Sunday op-ed, The New York Times explains why they think President Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Pollution now #1 cause of social unrest in China
This has been building up for years, as China rapidly industrialized and urbanized without much regard for the air, water, and land on which the life of its citizens depend.
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Obama nominates Gina McCarthy as new EPA chief
"Every American is—or will soon be—breathing cleaner air because of McCarthy," says Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.
