Tag: Air
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Exposing the ‘War on Coal’ Charade
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — Following the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, conservative media are once again claiming that the Obama administration’s U.S. EPA has waged a “war on coal.” But that narrative ignores how natural gas has …
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Where Has All the Ice Gone?
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — The race is on between disappearing ice, which is melting faster than predicted, and reductions in carbon emissions, which is happening slower than hoped. The world will need a World War II–type mobilization to shift from climate-disrupting fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy if we are to …
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A Passage Through Ice
THE EXPLORERS CLUB — On, Monday, March 11, at The Explorers Club in New York City and sponsored by EcoWatch, A Passage Through Ice expedition team will share the story of its voyage into the Arctic to follow an undetermined route along the polar ice cap to track this summer’s Arctic sea-ice retreat …
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New York Times Eliminates Its Green Blog
MEDIA MATTER FOR AMERICA — The New York Times announced late Friday that it will discontinue its Green blog, less than two months after dismantling its environment desk. The paper insists that despite these changes it will …
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Does State Department Have Head in the Tar Sands on Keystone XL’s Role in Climate Change?
ROBERT REDFORD — It is time to take a hard stance on Keystone XL. We need a clear evaluation of the damage to our health and environment that will result from this dirty energy project. And then we need to …