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The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost impossible to imagine the violence with which…
A coalition of local and environmental organizations including 350.org – the impetus behind the Keystone XL pipeline tar sandsprotests – are turning the nation's focus…
Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies.” Last week, for instance, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendezproposed ending…
As President Obama heads to Oklahoma today to announce the fast-tracking of the southern portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from…
If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment…
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