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Exclusive: Obama pulls plug on $32,000 meeting with electric car advocate

Paul Scott sells Nissan Leafs for a living. He put up his retirement savings for a few minutes with the president to talk about EVs and climate change.




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Obama proposes Earth's largest marine sanctuary

Covering some 500 million acres of ocean, the expanded marine sanctuary would be four times larger than California.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Whole Foods uses Obama's likeness to sell chicken

An ad of President Obama selling chicken at a Whole Foods is perceived as racist.




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Robert Redford praises Obama on Keystone decision

Actor and environmentalist says President stood up to Big Oil by delaying project and calling for more environmental reviews.



  • Arts & Culture

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Obama to reject Keystone XL pipeline

The State Department has denied the proposed oil pipeline from Canada, heading off a congressionally mandated deadline of Feb. 21.




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Obama needs to face climate change, reject Keystone pipeline

Climate activist Bill McKibben says now is the time for the Obama administration to stand up to the richest industry on Earth.




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President Obama visits wind turbine plant

Video: President visits a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Iowa and discusses how the administration's clean energy investments are creating jobs and i




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SOTU 2012: Obama touts old, new energy

In his State of the Union speech, Obama unveils plans to expand U.S. oil and gas production, but vows not to 'walk away from the promise of clean energy.'




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Watch: President Obama on American energy

The president discussed the nation's growing clean energy economy at a Daimler facility in North Carolina.




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Pollan weighs in on Obama's first 100 days

The president is getting a report card for his first 100 days in office from Michael Pollan and others. How's he doing on the food front?



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Obama still has EPA's back

The EPA will continue to draw fire, but the veto weapon should protect the agency as long as Obama is in the White House.




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Watch: Obama and Goolsbee on small business

President Obama joined CEA Chairman Austan Goolsbee at the "Winning the Future" Forum on Small Business in Cleveland.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Watch: President Obama on ending oil subsidies

President Obama calls on Congress to end the oil industry subsidies.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Obama launches plan to save the bees and butterflies

The president steps up efforts to protect the pollinators — and their $24 billion contribution to the U.S. economy.




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Space miners pitch concepts to empty chairs in lieu of Obama, Romney

No U.S. president has waxed as poetically about mining the moon the way John F. Kennedy did about landing on it.




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BP's plans to drill create headaches for Obama

President Obama has a tricky balancing act to perform as BP plans to resume offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.




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Photo: Michelle Obama honors moms, military spouses

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, host a party at the White House on May 10 for mothers, grandmothers an




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Appalachian groups target Obama

Massive twitter campaign invites @barackobama to visit Appalachia and see mountaintop removal first hand.



  • Research & Innovations

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The green power players in Obama's D.C.

MNN introduces you to the key characters in the Eco-bama drama including Steven Chu, Carol Browner and more.




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Whole Foods' John Mackey on Obamacare, fascism and capitalism's moral code

The granola guru John Mackey has a new book and is once again making waves with his outspoken views.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Obama's Pacific trip brings climate agreements and challenges

As the president leapfrogs from India to Indonesia to Seoul, he's making deals on green energy in the hopes of curbing climate change.



  • Climate & Weather

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Bad air day: Obama's smog mistake

The administration drank the conservative Kool-Aid and agreed that tightening ozone emission rules would have hurt the economy. But clean air is popular politic




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President Obama speaks to the EPA

President Obama thanked the staff of the Environmental Protection Agency during a Tuesday afternoon speech.




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Obama picks Gina McCarthy to lead EPA

The longtime environmental cop is known for being tough, pragmatic and likable.




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Obama making life hard on greens

The EPA is punting on two more big decisions, making it a tough year for anyone who votes the environment.




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Ted Turner says Obama should have put energy first

Media mogul offers to lobby at no charge in support of wind power.




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Why Obama is losing environmentalists

The White House is taking a political risk: Spurn environmentalists enough times, and they might return the favor.




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Obama, Romney answer science questions

While they declined a televised science debate, the candidates did provide written answers to 14 questions from the country's top scientists.




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Obama-Romney debates end 20-year streak

For the first time in two decades, a U.S. presidential debate season has passed without any candidate or moderator mentioning climate change.




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Michael Bloomberg endorses Barack Obama, 'a president to lead on climate change'

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's surprise endorsement of Obama follows the devastating effect of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and the Northeast.




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3 ways Obama's win affects the environment

Despite his recent silence on climate change, there's reason to believe Obama might focus more intently on environmental issues during his second term.




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State of the Union: Obama urges action on climate change

President Barack Obama took a strong stance on fighting climate change, "for the sake of our children and our future."




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Obama to announce bold action on climate -- but is that enough?

Global warming will march on regardless, argues writer Sami Grover. Maybe it's time to get more ambitious in our response.



  • Climate & Weather

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Obama to announce global warming plan today

President Barack Obama will announce a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a highly anticipated speech today.




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Obama unveils new U.S. climate change plan

Arguing that 'Americans are already paying the price of inaction,' Obama unveiled an unprecedented national climate strategy in a sweltering speech Tuesday.



  • Climate & Weather

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Obama tightens rules for mountaintop removal mining

The EPA announced a plan to tighten up rules governing the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining.




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Obama makes clean energy promise

Video: President Obama explains about how clean energy investments can diminish the environmental risks of fossil fuels and provide new jobs and opportunities a




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New fish species named after Obama

The species, formally known as 'Etheostoma obama,' is one of five newly discovered fish that scientists have named after a U.S. president or VP.




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Obama administration reverses 'wild lands' plan

A plan to protect more than 11 million acres of land in the American West has been scrapped after months of talks inside the Beltway.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Obama speaks at climate-change summit

Video: President Obama addresses the leaders of nations attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen, urging countries to step up before it's too late.



  • Climate & Weather

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Obamahagen (Day 12): ALBA lambasts 'friendly nations' meeting

The Bolivian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) led an impromptu press conference denouncing the closed meeting of 18 'friendly nations' led by Obama. Hugo Chavez



  • Research & Innovations

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Obama to pick top scientist to run DOE

President Elect Obama could pick an actual scientist to head the Department of Energy.




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Obama announces free national park admission to all 4th graders and their families

The Every Kid in a Park initiative aims to get kids active and outdoors, but it may also turn them into environmental stewards.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Obama courts 7 Republicans to hash out energy bill

Only one of the Republicans is running in the 2010 midterm elections, but each is being courted for a number of reasons.




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Former Obama climate guru looks to the future

Despite defeats in the past, Michael Greenstone is remaining positive about the future of American energy policy.




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In his own words: Obama talks energy

President Obama eyes energy policy as an area where Democrats and Republicans can work together.




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Conservative says Obama on 'jihad' against greenhouse gases

One climate change skeptic says derailing the EPA's plans to regulate carbon emissions should be a priority for Congress.




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Michelle Obama unveils nutrition label of the future

The FDA is opening up public comments for reaction to two possible nutrition labels. One will replace the label we’ve been looking at for 20 years.




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Obama asks taxpayers to shoulder nuclear risk

Banks won't touch them they are so financially risky. So why does Obama want U.S. taxpayers to fund nuclear plants when there is a 50% chance they will fail?



  • Research & Innovations

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Obama on the offensive to claim credit for electric vehicles

Administration stimulus spending has jump-started an unstoppable EV revolution, says President Obama. Because of the Recovery Act, the cars will plummet in cost