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Germany, Poland Oppose Stricter Emission Rules
Minister of the Environment Marcin Korolec of Poland chairs a European Council meeting in Brussels, December 19, 2011 (The Council of the European Union) Poland will block changes to the European...
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No Mirage: American Energy Boom Coming
An hydraulic fracturing station in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, August 12 (Nicholas A. Tonelli) The huge increase in oil and gas production in the United States in the last few years has fueled what...
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Coal Country Papers Chastise Obama’s Energy Policy
The Cumberland Power Plant in Tennessee, February 21, 2004 (Steven Greenwood) The editorial pages of local newspapers in coal mining states in the United States this week chastised the Obama...
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Study: No Reason Not to Build Canada Oil Pipeline
Oil pipeline in Alaska, August 16, 2006 (Travis S.) A United States State Department study released late Friday afternoon found “no significant impacts to most resources” along the route of a proposed...
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Fueled by Green Policy, Corn Production Hurts Environment
A corn field in Indiana, June 22, 2010 (Ben Husmann) While federal ethanol subsidies expired last year, the Obama Administration’s strict clean fuel standards still give farmers across the United...
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German Green Energy a Failure, Studies Show
Wind turbines off the coast of Friedrichskoog in northwest Germany, January 2, 2012 (Flickr/BlueRidgeKitties) Two new studies provided a damning indictment of Germany’s green energy program this week,...
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Climate Talks Highlight That Money Still Talks in Peru
President Ollanta Humala of Peru chairs a government meeting in Lima, January 8 (Presidencia Perú) Last month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Peru brought new attention to a long-standing...
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Politics, Not Environment, Informed Keystone Decision
President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio, October 23, 2012 (Obama for America/Christopher Dilts) American president Barack Obama has decided not to approve the construction of...
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The Day After Tomorrow in Morocco
Delegates debate at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, November 10 (UN Climate Change) Amid the election victory of the intensely pro-coal, global-warming denier Donald...
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How Climate Change Will Be the Biggest Geopolitical Crisis of the Century
French troops in Mali, May 2013 (EMA/Ministère de la Défense) America is out of the environmental protection businesses; so says the haughty God-Emperor Donald Trump, whose word is apparently law. Too...
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Arguments For and Against Macron’s Mercosur Threat
French president Emmanuel Macron answers a question from a reporter in Helsinki, Finland, August 30, 2018 (Office of the President of the Republic of Finland/Juhani Kandell) French president Emmanuel...
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Poland Needs EU Support to Meet Climate Goals
Turów Power Station in Bogatynia, Poland, December 3, 2009 (Wikimedia Commons) Poland will not be able to meet the EU’s 2050 zero-emissions target without additional funds. In an interview with the...
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The EU’s Farm Deal, Explained
A cow in Nantes, France (Unsplash/Mathieu Odin) Nobody is happy with the EU’s new farms policy. Greens argue ambitions for biodiversity and sustainability are too low. Agricultural groups complain they...
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Judges Need to Know Their Place
Supreme Court of the Netherlands in The Hague, February 3, 2016 (Rijksvastgoedbedrijf/Bas Kijzers) European judges have discovered they can compel politicians to take action against climate change....
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What’s in France’s New Climate Law
High-speed train in France (Adobe Stock/Chlorophylle) French lawmakers adopted a far-reaching climate law this week that puts the country on track to meet its Paris commitment of reducing greenhouse...
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Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: EU Climate Edition
The sun sets on the Berlaymont, seat of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium (Shutterstock/Jasmin Zurijeta) Environmentalists have for years hectored the EU for not doing enough to fight...
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EU Is Right to Label Nuclear Power Green
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency visits the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, November 26, 2020 (TVO/Tapani Karjanlahti) The European Commission...
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Germany Exports Its Energy Failures
German chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in Rome, Italy, December 20, 2021 (Bundesregierung) The Netherlands is forced to drill for almost twice as much natural gas this year as it intended to, partly as...
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A United States State Department study released late Friday afternoon found “no significant impacts to most resources” along the route of a proposed pipeline extension from Canada to Oklahoma, defying...
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While federal ethanol subsidies expired last year, the Obama Administration’s strict clean fuel standards still give farmers across the United States an incentive to plant corn — to the detriment of...
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