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Explosion on Gulf of Mexico oil platform contained, but damage unknown
Explosion on Gulf of Mexico oil pla...
by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS — An oil platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to dive into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster. Fire engulfed... 
Feds lease prime solar land, but nary a panel is in sight
Feds lease prime solar land, but na...
by Randy Rieland. Ready for your morning bowl of crazy? Five years ago, Congress set aside millions of acres of public land in the Southwest for the development of solar farms. This was primo real estate for solar, considered one... 
New rules push oil inspectors to clean up their act
New rules push oil inspectors to cl...
by Randy Rieland. Once upon a time in the wonderful world of oil, the crude guys took care of the government guys. They gave them expensive presents. They partied with them. They were a team, a family. Not … any … more.... 
Want a car that gets good grades? Buy a hybrid
Want a car that gets good grades? B...
by Randy Rieland. The federal government doesn’t do simple — which make its latest idea for rating auto fuel efficiency a thing of rare beauty. Simple  Read More →
With drilling stalled in the Gulf, Big Oil sets its sights on the Arctic
With drilling stalled in the Gulf, ...
by Randy Rieland. Sure, deepwater drilling is on hold in the Gulf of Mexico, but it’s about to go into high gear in the Arctic.  Read More →
U.N. climate panel needs to ‘fundamentally reform,’ review finds
U.N. climate panel needs to ‘fund...
by Agence France-Presse. UNITED NATIONS — A U.N.-ordered review said Monday that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) needed to “fundamentally reform” how it operates after embarrassing errors in... 
Obama turns an even lighter shade of green
Obama turns an even lighter shade o...
by Randy Rieland. So what’s up with President Obama? He says all the right things about clean energy and global warming. But actions speak louder than words, and in the past six months his green cred has faded fast.  Read More →
Remember that massive clean-energy bill Obama signed?
Remember that massive clean-energy ...
by Jonathan Hiskes. If you read everything that bloggers declared a “must read,” you’d have time for little else. I’ll just say that if you want a lucid tour of the Obama administration’s work to remake... 
In Alaska, climate change skeptic leads GOP race for Senate
In Alaska, climate change skeptic l...
by Randy Rieland. Just what the Senate needs: another climate change denier. Joe Miller’s potential upset of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Republican primary could mean another diehard climate skeptic in the mix.  Read More →
Wonder why climate bills stall in the Senate? Follow the money
Wonder why climate bills stall in t...
by Randy Rieland. Let’s review. We just lived through the worst accidental oil leak in history. And we’re at the tail end of a  Read More →
Gloom alert: Fossil fuels and climate change still suck
Gloom alert: Fossil fuels and clima...
by Randy Rieland. Oil and water don’t mix. But oil, climate change, and politics? You just can’t tease those three apart. The investigation into the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon well continues today with a hearing... 
Scientists keep raising estimates of how much oil is still in the Gulf
Scientists keep raising estimates o...
by Randy Rieland. We’re making progress. The big question about the BP leak is no longer the lame “Where’s the oil?” Now it’s “How much oil is still out there?” The answer? Well, pick a number.... 
Americans don’t know jack about saving energy
Americans don’t know jack about s...
by Jonathan Hiskes. Breaking: Americans don’t know squat about how to save energy. A new survey quizzed people on what steps make the biggest difference in cutting energy use and found loads of confusion. Participants greatly... 
Enviros and Big Oil take their battle on the road
Enviros and Big Oil take their batt...
by Randy Rieland. Now that our summer with the Senate is over — it was a lot like watching reruns of a show you didn’t like the first time around — it’s time to move on to something with a pulse. And what could... 
Why it matters that spilled Michigan oil came from tar sands
Why it matters that spilled Michiga...
by Jonathan Hiskes. Brace yourselves for this: An energy executive has been caught bending the truth to downplay an environmental disaster. Shocking, I know. The culprit here isn’t BP’s Tony Hayward or Massey Energy’s... 
If killer weather is in our future, can we get better at predicting it?
If killer weather is in our future,...
by Randy Rieland. How hot was it?  Read More →
Walk Score team unveils Transit Score and two more apps
Walk Score team unveils Transit Sco...
by Jonathan Hiskes. First there was Walk Score , the web tool that calculates how walkable a neighborhood is and ranks it on a 100-point scale. Today the same developers release Transit Score , an app that ranks how well-served a... 
Walk Score team unveils Transit Score and two more apps
Walk Score team unveils Transit Sco...
by Jonathan Hiskes. First there was Walk Score , the web tool that calculates how walkable a neighborhood is and ranks it on a 100-point scale. Today the same developers release Transit Score , an app that ranks how well-served a... 
Urban guerrillas ‘fix’ São Paulo streets during World Cup
Urban guerrillas ‘fix’ São Pau...
by Jonathan Hiskes. This summer a group of bicycle and pedestrian activists in S  Read More →
Giant Greenland iceberg a climate ‘warning sign’
Giant Greenland iceberg a climate â...
by Agence France-Presse. PARIS — A giant iceberg that snapped away from Greenland last week is a signal that global warming is causing the island’s continent-sized ice cap to melt faster than expected, scientists say.... 

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