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Despite Controversy, SF Supes Vote to Study Congestion Pricing

(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) It's a controversial plan, but the city of San Francisco is pushing ahead anyway: this morning, the board of supervisors voted to continue studying several...

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Supreme Court Slaps Down Climate Suit by Attorneys General

The Supreme Court has handed a firm rebuke to eight state attorneys general — including New York's — in a case that touched on climate change and business.The high court ruled 8-0 that states don't...

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Putin faces a a growing Russian protest movement, Xi Jinping visits...

Gideon Rachman and FT correspondents in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, and Brussels discuss how Vladimir Putin will react to Russia’s growing protest movement, Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington and...

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BREAKING: Court Upholds EPA's Emissions Rules

(photo by Josh Koonce via flickr)A federal appeals court Tuesday said the Environmental Protection Agency was "unambiguously correct" in using existing federal law to limit greenhouse gases blamed for...

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California Greenhouse Gas Law Faces Challenge

(photo by Kevin Dooley via flickr)(KALW - San Francisco) The future of California’s landmark greenhouse gas emissions law is being called into question.Implementation of the law was delayed earlier...

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Krulwich Wonders: The Big Apple's Mayor Makes A Very Scary Video

I didn't know what to make of this when I saw it. I live in Manhattan, in a city where people bike, take buses, subways, trains, live and work in towers where they share elevators, share water, share...

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EPA Seeks Ideas for Carbon Emissions Regulations

Clean air advocates are supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's controversial efforts to curb carbon emissions from power plants.Members of the Obama administrationbegan an 11-city listening...

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Oklahoma Pushes Back Against EPA Emissions Regulations

Oklahoma, a state with deep ties to coal and oil, is asserting its right to resist new regulations on carbon dioxide emissions. It's a squabble that escalated after President Obama outlined the...

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Coal Country Responds to President Obama's Carbon Cuts

This week, President Obama proposed one of the most substantial federal plans to cut carbon pollution in U.S. history. The new proposal seeks to cut coal-fired carbon emissions from U.S. power plants...

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US and China taking climate change seriously

Gideon Rachman is joined by Pilita Clark, environment correspondent, and Richard McGregor, Washington bureau chief, to discuss renewed efforts to tackle climate change. The Obama administration appears...

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EPA Head: States Hold the Power to Reduce Emissions

Earlier this month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a plan to cut power plant emissions by 30 percent over the next 16 years—that's the equivalent of taking two-thirds of...

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NYC Unveils Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan for the city to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas by 2050, starting with efforts to make the city's buildings more energy efficient.De...

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A breakthrough in the fight against climate change

The US and China surprised the world last week with an outline agreement in which both countries agreed to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. Gideon Rachman is joined by Pilita Clark, FT environment...

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Coal Industry's Future Hangs in Balance Before the Supreme Court

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case against the Environmental Protection Agency. The state of Michigan, along with members of the coal and power industries, are suing the EPA over new...

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Barack Obama's climate plan

President Barack Obama this week unveiled America's most far reaching action so far on climate change by imposing stringent emissions cuts on the power sector. Orla Ryan asks Pilita Clark and Barney...

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What Volkswagen Can Learn from GM and Chrysler

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Deceptive software that has been used to cheat on emissions tests was used in at least 2.1 million Audi vehicles, the luxury car from Volkswagen....

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The Myth of Cheap Oil

Click on the audio player above to hear the full interview.Has oil become an unwanted commodity? Plunging prices suggest that something is going on.While diplomats in Paris hash out a legally binding...

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Oil and Gas Industry Auctions Move Online to Avoid Public Attention

Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.A key tactic used in protecting public lands from energy exploration may soon be obsolete.Congress and the Obama Administration are making it...

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Facing charges, Volkswagen agrees to pay $4.3 billion in emissions cheating...

A flag flutters in the wind above a Volkswagen dealership in Carlsbad, California. Photo by REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoVolkswagen has agreed to a plea bargain and $4.3 billion in fines as a result of...

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Putin faces a a growing Russian protest movement, Xi Jinping visits...

Gideon Rachman and FT correspondents in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, and Brussels discuss how Vladimir Putin will react to Russia’s growing protest movement, Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington and...

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