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Anatomy Of A Hit Job: Expert Featured On 60 Minutes Exposes How Show Knowingly Ignored Facts On Clean Energy

Cleantech segment fails to mention climate change, largely passes over explosive growth in solar and wind power.

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By Emily Atkin for Think Progress
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“What’s the matter with 60 Minutes?” That was the question asked by many, after the program on Sunday aired what has since been slammed as an inaccurate portrayal of the cleantech industry. Besides the fact that the piece made no mention of climate change — which is one of the stronger arguments behind cleantech — the report largely passed

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Judge Rules Exxon Must Face Criminal Charges Fracking Waste Spill

According to the Pennsylvania Attorney General, Exxon dumped 57,000 gallons of contaminated water in a 2010 incident.

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By Emily Atkin for Think Progress

Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of gallons of hydraulic fracturing waste at a Marcellus Shale drilling site in 2010, according to a Pennsylvania judge’s ruling on Thursday. Following a preliminary hearing, Magisterial District Judge James G. Carn decided that all

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Scientists Find 7,300-Mile Mercury Contamination ‘Bullseye’ Around Canadian Tar Sands

Mercury levels around tar sands oil operations are 16 times higher than normal regional levels.

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By Emily Atkin for Think Progress

Just one week after Al Jazeera discovered that regulatory responsibility for Alberta, Canada’s controversial tar sands would be handed over to a fossil-fuel funded corporation, federal scientists have found that the area’s viscous petroleum deposits are surrounded by a nearly 7,500-square-mile ring of mercury. Canadian government scientists have

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What A Year: 45 Fossil Fuel Disasters The Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know About

A look back at some of the fossil fuel disasters that made headlines in 2013, along with several others that went largely unnoticed.

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By Emily Atkin for Think Progress

While coal, oil, and gas are an integral part of everyday life around the world, 2013 brought a stark reminder of the inherent risk that comes with a fossil-fuel dependent world, with numerous pipeline spills, explosions, derailments, landslides, and the death of 20 coal miners in the U.S. alone. Despite all this, our addiction to fossil fuels will

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