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June 10, 2016

EPA Proposed New Emergency Limits For Radioactive Drinking Water, And They Don’t Look Good

The EPA proposed new water safety guidelines for radioactive emergencies -- like a nuclear meltdown or a dirty bomb.


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Published on June 10, 2016 12:01

8 Republicans Just Joined House Democrats To Oppose This Dangerous Offshore Testing

"If one is not going to do something, it doesn’t strike me as reasonable to prepare to do that something."


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Published on June 10, 2016 08:37

Big Green Groups Line Up Behind Clinton, While Smaller Ones Stick To Sanders

America's self-proclaimed "largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization" endorsed Clinton on Thursday.


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Published on June 10, 2016 06:06

June 9, 2016

The Media’s ‘Murrow Moment’ Missed Trump’s Dangerous Climate Views

It's great the media has begun calling Trump out on his immoral racism. Now it's time to call Trump out on his immoral denial of climate science.


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Published on June 09, 2016 12:42

Bay Area Voters Agreed To First-Of-Its Kind Climate Adaptation Tax

San Francisco Bay voters just said yes to a tax for climate adaptation and a Bay cleanup.


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Published on June 09, 2016 11:20

New U.S. Solar Capacity Just Outperformed Fossil Fuels

Solar accounted for 64 percent of all new electric generating capacity -- beating coal, natural gas, and nuclear power combined.


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Published on June 09, 2016 08:30

Harvard Study Finds $38 Billion Economic Benefit From EPA’s Carbon Rule

A policy moderately stringent and highly flexible, similar to the Clean Power Plan, may cause net benefits of some $38 billion a year.


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Published on June 09, 2016 05:00

June 8, 2016

Last Oil Company Pulls Out Of Arctic Offshore Drilling Efforts In Chukchi Sea

Apart from one token lease block held by Shell, Repsol's leases were the last blocks remaining in the Chukchi.


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Published on June 08, 2016 14:05

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