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Chris Christie is no moderate on the environment
Don't be fooled by the media fawning: The New Jersey governor has deregulated polluting industries, eviscerated water protections, and refused to address the threat of climate change.
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U.N.: Hurry up on climate action or we’re screwed!
A U.N. report warns that we're failing to meet climate goals, and outlines how we could get back on track -- just in time to inspire delegates at next week's big climate confab.
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Climate change is decreasing farm yields just when we need them to go up
We could avoid the worst case scenario if we made a lot of big changes to our food and farm systems. So far, we're not.
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De Blasio’s biggest challenge: Climate change
New York City's new mayor-elect didn't spend much time during the campaign talking about global warming, but he'll likely spend a lot of his time at City Hall dealing with it.
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It’s Election Day, and the Koch brothers have more votes than you do
As polluting billionaires pour money into races and courts strike down campaign-finance rules, your vote counts for less.
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Five charts that explain the great energy shift
Or, the rise of fracking and the decline of coal.
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Forest Service’s firefighting fund can’t keep up with wildfires
Costs to fight fires in forests are climbing, forcing the Forest Service to drain funds intended for research and reforestation to help it battle blazes.
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Most Tea Partiers think warming is “just not happening”
When it comes to climate science, there is deep division between the Tea Party fringe and the rest of the Republican Party.
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More nukes: James Hansen leads call for “safer nuclear” power to save climate
James Hansen and three other prominent climate scientists call for the deployment of safe nuclear energy -- and they want support from enviros.
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Leaked IPCC report: Humans are adapting — but hunger, homelessness, and violence lie ahead
Findings from a leaked copy of the IPCC's next report aren't pretty, but they contain some glimmers of hope.