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As the Keystone XL battle has shown, the blue-green alliance is in trouble—and only a deeper kind of solidarity can rescue it.

How progressives can make energy a pocketbook issue, with greener rides—and greener wallets—for the middle class.

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

The same corporations that destroyed the economy are wrecking the planet. Occupy should do something about that.

The grassroots victory shows that concern for fundamental issues such as health and clean water transcends party politics.

The Keystone fight showed ordinary Nebraskans their power. Will their unlikely alliance stick?

Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.

In Nebraska, the Keystone XL fight opened up the sense that ordinary citizens with little money could wield political influence. Can the improbable alliance stick together?

Time to stop being cynical about corporate money in politics and start being angry.

The moment couldn't have been more ripe for a real advance in the fight against climate change.