Which States Use the Most Green Energy?

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A wave of ALEC-backed bills could stall bringing more states up to snuff.

EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Hid Contractor’s Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company

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A top expert who helped write the government’s latest Keystone report previously consulted on three different TransCanada projects—a fact the State Department tried to hide.

MAP: Is The Next Fukushima in Your Backyard?

Clockwise from top left: Byron Nuclear Station; Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant; Perry Nuclear Plant; Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. Each experienced a "near miss" in 2012. Photos via NRC/Flickr

Two years after Fukushima, some US nuclear power plants are still having meltdown scares.

TIMELINE: Shell’s Year of Arctic Screwups

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Shell’s maiden drilling voyage in the Arctic hit a year’s worth of rough seas.

Mississippi River Faces Shipping Freeze As Water Levels Drop

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Navigation has become treacherous as the worst US drought in half a century brings water levels close to record lows.

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