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5 Things We Learned in 2013 That Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

Two and a half millennia ago, Plato announced that “Human behavior flows from three things: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” Unfortunately, our human and corporate behavior on climate change is not even close to where it needs to be. But if … Continue reading

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Investors Might Want To Think Twice About Oil Sands And The Promise Of Keystone XL

The Keystone XL pipeline could encourage risky investments in the Alberta oil sands, according to a report released Monday by a climate change think tank. If completed, Keystone XL would transport 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, … Continue reading

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Warsaw climate talks – final day live blog

News and analysis from the UN climate negotiations in Poland, which are entering their final stage as nearly 200 countries work towards a deal on global warming by Adam Vaughan – The heads of international environment and development NGOs and trade unions … Continue reading

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Green Energy Push Replaces Native Prairies With Corn As Ethanol Industry Turns Profitable

By CHET BROKAW and JACK GILLUM ROSCOE, S.D. (AP) — Robert Malsam nearly went broke in the 1980s when corn was cheap. So now that prices are high and he can finally make a profit, he’s not about to apologize … Continue reading

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U.S. To Be World’s Top Oil Producer By 2016, Surpassing Saudi Arabia And Russia, IEA Predicts

By Alex Lawler, Ron Bousso and Peg Mackey –   The United States will stride past Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s top oil producer by 2016, the West’s energy agency said, bringing Washington closer to energy self-sufficiency and … Continue reading

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Flesh Eating Bacteria Tied to BP Oil Spill Tar Balls

By Peter Albrecht – The Alabama Gulf Coast attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, and since the 2010 BP Oil Spill, tens of thousands of tar balls. A couple hundred miles away at Auburn University, Dr. Cova Arias,a … Continue reading

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Shutdown? Government closure doesn’t stymie drilling today, but future is uncertain

  By ERIC BESSON – Offshore oil-and-gas permitting and production have largely continued without disruption since a Congressional impasse shut down the federal government Oct. 1, but an elongated break would increasingly impact future exploration and development, an industry lobbyist … Continue reading

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Enviros Threaten To Sue Over Drilling On Public Lands During Shutdown

by Kate Sheppard – WASHINGTON – An environmental group is upping the pressure on the Department of Interior to end drilling and other activities on national parks and public lands during the government shutdown, arguing that allowing those operations to continue … Continue reading

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More Oil And Gas Wastewater Spills Found In Colorado After Flooding

By Matt Ferner The amount of released wastewater from oil and gas drilling sites being tracked in Colorado increased again, after floodwaters inundated one of the most densely drilled regions in the United States last month. A total of 17 “produced water” releases … Continue reading

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Army, Navy & Air Force Tap Mosaic’s Solar Crowdfunding Platform for Joint Base Residential Rooftops

BY ANDREW BURGER Credit: Mosaic, US DOD The US Department of Defense (DOD), the single largest consumer of energy in the US, has been at the forefront of federal government efforts to make use of renewable energy resources. In the midst … Continue reading

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