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Opposition to Washington’s historic carbon tax initiative is coming from the unlikeliest of sources

It’s the only carbon tax on the ballot in the country. So why are some environmental groups fighting it?

These Burial Companies Want People To Be As Environmentally-Responsible In Death As They Are In Life

As California’s Largest Lake Evaporates, A County Struggles For Help

BOMBAY BEACH, CA — The lake is drying up, uncounted dead fish line the shore, and the desert town is losing people.

As Communities Struggle With Dangerous Pollution, A Polluters Pay Movement Rises

Can Marijuana Ever Be Environmentally Friendly?

The Hidden Trauma Of Lead Poisoning

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INTERACTIVE MAP: Most Americans Disagree With Their Congressional Representative On Climate Change

According to new research from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, more than six in ten Americans are represented by someone in Congress who denies the reality of climate change.

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A Brief History Of Canada’s Stunning About-Face on Climate Change

Women Are The Ones Fighting The Tough Environmental Battles Around The World

In Papua New Guinea, the Carteret islands are drowning in the rising sea. The people who live there traditionally have relied on taro for food, but the plant has become increasingly difficult to grow as salt water floods the fields. “Our shorelines are eroding so fast, and there are frequent storm surges,” says Ursula Rakova via Global Greengrants Fund, an international environment fund that supports grassroots environmental actions. “The rising sea levels have gotten so bad that one of the islands is disappearing really fast…We can’t hold back the sea. It will do its part. It’s already doing its part. It’s displacing us.”