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Energy & the Environment
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Under Water Pressure
Nearly 400 years after the first Thanksgiving, the Navajo and Hopi are fighting the coal industry for rights to their land.
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Oil: The Bad News in the Good News
The U.S. is on track to become the world’s largest producer of fossil fuels, which will only delay our transition to clean energy.
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Fix the Debt or Save the Coasts?
The impact of Hurricane Sandy shows the importance of public investment in infrastructure.
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Weather Underground
New York City has been preparing for climate-borne threats to the transportation system for years.
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Manhattan, Shaken and Stirred
Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the East Coast—especially New York City and New Jersey—last night. Here’s a collection of photos documenting much of the damage.
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New York Dispatch: “The Place Is Drowned”
Hurricane Sandy sends a brutal message to the city.
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Frankenclimate
Although the election season has been devoid of climate change talk, Hurricane Sandy makes our role in increasingly extreme weather patterns impossible to ignore.
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Let’s Talk about Climate, Mr. President
Nary a mention of the environment came up during the first two debates, despite the fact that American citizens are finally ready to talk about the issue after our long, hot summer.
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Barry Commoner and the Dream of a Liberal Third Party
Obituaries of the environmental populist have dismissed his 1980 presidential run as a quirky personal misadventure. It was more than that.
