Environment
The top ten environmental stories of 2014
December 18, 2014Developments in 2014 make clear that the impacts of climate change are going to continue to grow, and the struggle to address this will intensify.
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Push at California climate confab to include workers in leadership
December 17, 2014"We cannot let the new green economy be a low-wage economy, because a sustainable environment needs a sustainable economy."
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Obama withdraws Alaska’s Bristol Bay from drilling
December 17, 2014President Obama announced Tuesday that he's removing more than 52,000 square miles of waters off Alaska's coast from consideration for oil and gas exploration or drilling.
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Game goes into overtime during Lima climate talks
December 15, 2014The climate change negotiations went into overtime, with extended session that lasted two days beyond the scheduled adjournment.
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Activists protest oil drilling in Canary Islands
December 9, 2014Canarians and tourists formed a giant 'SOS' on a beach in Spain's Canary Island of Fuerteventura protesting oil drilling.
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