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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.
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Happy hour: Obama orders climate planning just in time for the weekend
The White House gives the country a much-needed nudge toward developing better methods for dealing with the effects of climate change in our communities.
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Big Coal: Government regulation sucks, but don’t you dare touch our government subsidies
This week's coal-state protests in Washington illustrated the hypocrisy of a special interest that privatizes profits and spreads costs all over the place.
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Al Gore: World is on brink of “carbon bubble”
Gore and partner David Blood call on companies to "do their fiduciary duty" and identify carbon risks in their portfolios.
