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5 Amazing Places in the US in Danger of Being Destroyed by Dirty Energy

We've won a temporary reprieve from the Keystone XL Pipeline, but there are still places greatly at risk in the country.

Here are the facts: The business models at the center of our economy are in the deepest possible conflict with physics and chemistry.

It's time for Obama to say no to the fossil fuel wish list.

Prop 23 would hinder efforts of farmers who want their businesses to be more resilient, sustainable and energy independent.

If we do nothing about climate change -- jobs will be affected in every sector -- from construction to health care and farms to ports.

Proposition 23 would destroy half a million jobs in California by 2020 while costing the state $80 billion in gross domestic product.

Can the president seize this moment to move boldly on the biggest question facing the world: our endless addiction to fossil fuel.

America's energy and climate future will be determined by what the nation decides to do with its deposits of oil shale.

We already know the many reasons not to drink bottled water, but fossil fuels are really bottled energy.

From the top 100 ways global warming with change your life to anti-environmental homeowners associations to the biofuel hoax, read this year's best.