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  • Two-Decade-Old Harvard Data Confounds U.S. EPA Nomination

    Buried in the questions Senate Republicans want answered by the nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a stumper: data linking microscopic particles in the air to premature death.

  • DiCaprio’s Movie Pals Aid Tiger in $39 Million Auction

    Leonardo DiCaprio brought Hollywood to New York last night, as a Christie’s fundraiser for conservation that he helped organize raised about $39 million.

  • Senate Republicans Block Committee Vote on Obama EPA Nominee

    Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee blocked a vote on confirming Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency by boycotting a meeting called to consider the nomination.

  • Weatherproofing Cities to Face Future Sandys

    Whether or not Hurricane Sandy had a connection to climate change, climate change will make future Hurricane Sandys more common, imposing enormous costs on cities.

  • Fusion Scientists See Promise Where Obama Shows No Ardor

    Chris Bishop paces as he beams the world’s biggest laser at a peppercorn-sized fuel pellet, a crucial step toward fusing hydrogen atoms to replicate the explosive power of the sun, stars and thermonuclear weapons.

  • Public Comment Period Ending on Controversial Keystone Report

    InsideClimateNews.org -- Advocates and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are due to file detailed comments on its environmental impacts on Monday, after the State Department refused to extend the comment period, which environmental groups had complained was too short.As many as a million members of the public are expected to meet the comment deadline, which by happenstance fell on Earth Day, April 22. Comments are also expected from industry, labor and environmental groups on both sides of the debate over the proposed pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada’s tar sands region to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.The government of Alberta, the American Petroleum Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and other groups said they will release copies of their comments soon. But it is not clear when the State Department will make all the written comments public, as required under the National Environmental Protection Act.The commenters are all seeking to influence the draft supp

  • Sick Son’s Mom Wins $150,000 Prize by Fighting Dirty Coal

    Kimberly Wasserman was 21 when her 3-month-old son began to have trouble breathing. Terrified, she brought him to the emergency room and agonized while the infant struggled under an oxygen mask.

  • Keystone Foes Say 1 Million Comments Show Grassroots Power

    Keystone XL critics said they amassed more than 1 million comments against the pipeline to carry oil from Canada, showing what they called grassroots opposition to the $5.3 billion project.

  • Oil Industry Chief Believes Obama Will Back Keystone Pipe

    American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard said he believes President Barack Obama will approve the Keystone XL Pipeline this year, after another environmental-impact study of the proposal is complete.

  • Alberta Leader Vows Steps to Curb Keystone Climate Harms

    Alberta is taking steps to limit the potential environmental damage of building TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the Canadian province’s premier said in a bid to win U.S. support for the project.

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