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"A Dilemma With Aging Coal Plants: Retire Them Or Restore Them?" [1]

"When the coal-fired power plant at the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah started up, Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for his fourth term as president. The top music hits were sung by Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey and Dinah Shore. D-Day was still a couple of months away."

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Source: Wash Post [8], 06/16/2014
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"At Commencement, Obama Mocks Lawmakers Who Deny Climate Change" [9]

"ANAHEIM, Calif. — President Obama, appearing emboldened after his recent move to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, on Saturday ridiculed members of Congress who deny climate change or plead scientific ignorance as an alibi for avoiding an uncomfortable truth."

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Source: NY Times [11], 06/16/2014
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"Musk Opens Tesla Technology to the World" [12]

"PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken down the patents posted at the California headquarters of his luxury electric car company. Instead the innovative CEO wants to allow other electric vehicle manufacturers to use his technology to advance sustainable mobility worldwide."

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Source: ENS [14], 06/16/2014
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As Obama Visits Indian Reservation, Past U.S. Betrayals Loom [15]

"CANNON BALL, N.D. — This isolated town nestled in the undulating prairie of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation is so small, its only formal sign is a boulder spray-painted with 'C. Ball.' But Friday afternoon, it briefly became the center of the American political world when President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited."

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Source: Wash Post [17], 06/16/2014
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"Mosquito-Borne Virus Chikungunya Worries CDC" [18]

"A debilitating, mosquito-borne virus called chikungunya has made its way to North Carolina, health officials say. It's the state's first reported case of the virus."

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Source: CNN [20], 06/13/2014
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"In 2016, Republicans Will Have Fracking on Their Side" [21]

"The road to the White House could be paved with oil and gas for a trio of Republican presidential hopefuls."

Economy & Business [22]
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Source: National Journal [23], 06/13/2014
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"Green Group Launches $175K Ad Campaign Backing Climate Rule" [24]

"The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is launching a $175,000 ad campaign backing the administration's new proposal to limit carbon pollution from the nation's existing power plants."

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Source: The Hill [25], 06/13/2014
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"Sierra Club Targets 21 Reps. for Inaction on Wind Tax Break" [26]

"The Sierra Club is launching an advertising campaign to criticize 21 House Republicans who have not taken a position on renewing the wind energy production tax credit."

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Source: The Hill [27], 06/13/2014
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"Coal State Voters Unlikely To Back Climate-Friendly Candidates" [28]

"Most voters in eight coal-heavy states would oppose a Senate candidate who supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest carbon pollution rules for power plants, a mining industry-backed survey concluded."

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Source: The Hill [29], 06/13/2014
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"White House Report Says Benefits Of EPA Rules Far Outweigh Costs" [30]

"As the Obama administration and industry groups go to war over the costs of a high-stakes climate rule, the White House has released a new study showing that the benefits of major federal regulations vastly exceed the costs."

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Source: Greenwire [31], 06/13/2014
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