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    Why Putin hates Hillary

    Perspective Behind the allegations of a Russian hack of the DNC is the Kremlin leader's fury at Clinton for challenging the fairness of Russian elections. By MICHAEL CROWLEY and JULIA IOFFE 07/25/2016 06:20 PM EDT When mass protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow...
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    Elon Musk acted like a jerk, and Tesla stock paid the price

    He didnt take his lithium Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk held a long, odd earnings conference call Wednesday in which he insulted analysts, the media, federal regulators and people who died behind the wheel of his cars, and then told anyone concerned about volatility not to invest in his...
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    Scheer says his climate plan will meet Paris targets without a carbon tax

    OTTAWA -- Despite not yet having the details, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will be unveiling a climate plan ahead of the 2019 election that will meet the Paris targets without a carbon tax. Both inside the House of Commons and out of it, the Conservatives under Scheer have stated...
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    Trudeau Liberals say 'no' to Canadian oil and gas independence

    Hooray for trade deficts killing GDP and mediocrity! With the Kinder Morgan pipeline hanging by a thread, the federal Liberals had a chance on the weekend to express support for Alberta and the national economy. They didn’t. The party’s annual convention in Halifax voted against a resolution...
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    Fossil fuels roar back in a world hungry for energy

    As U.S. coal exports rise and oil prices surge, climate change scientists remain optimistic Don Pittis - CBC News GOOD LUCK! Green car enthusiast Matthew Klippenstein pulls his early model plug-in Prius into a Tim Hortons in Maple Ridge, B.C., to take my call. As gas prices begin to soar...
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    “So as the plane was going down, I whipped out my credit card and bought Wi-Fi.”

    Passenger on fatal Southwest Airlines crash live-streamed ‘sheer panic’ on flight When they saw how upset the flight attendants were, “we thought we were in a really bad place. We were going down,” says man who live-streamed crash on Facebook. When the plane engine blew up and the oxygen masks...
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    Oil tops $68 for the first time in more than three years as US crude stockpiles fall

    Oil prices rose to their highest level since late 2014 after government data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week and as the market continued to worry about supply disruptions in key fossil fuel-producing nations. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures hit $68.45, a fresh high going...
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    Eco-Fascist Hypocrisy

    Mount Polley Mining Corporation has been granted permission to drain treated mining waste water into Quesnel Lake, a massive glacial lake that provides drinking water to residents of Likely B.C., northeast of Williams Lake. Approval of the long-term waste water management plan came April 7...
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    Oops: North Vancouver schools have pro-D day scheduled for 4/20, but it's a coinciden

    Bring back Truancy Cops! North Vancouver school administrators have sent out an email to parents of high school students to clarify that their scheduling decisions do not endorse the use of marijuana. Students at five of North Vancouver’s eight secondary schools are scheduled to have a day off...
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    Britain's biggest solar farms receive more cash from green subsidies than from sellin

    Britain's biggest solar farms receive more cash from green subsidies than from selling the electricity they produce, figures reveal. Energy producers were encouraged to start solar farms with generous handouts funded by a ‘green levy’ on taxpayers’ bills. But many of them now make the majority...
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    Tesla's electric cars aren't as green as you might think

    Elon Musk is unveiling the Tesla Model 3 today. If you're planning to buy one, you’re probably feeling pretty good about yourself. Not only will you have a sweet ride, but you’ll be doing something good for the environment! No gasoline-powered sports cars to get you through your midlife crisis...