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![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
France ratifies U.N. climate deal. Your move, rest of world.
It is the first major industrialized country to do so.
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Will Sanders supporters go over to the Green Party?
On climate, the Green Party may carry Bernie’s torch.
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House Republicans just voted against a nonexistent carbon tax
Next on the agenda: Santa Claus, unicorns, nuclear fusion.
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Bay Area voters approve a whole new kind of climate tax
The $12-a-year property tax will raise money for restoring coastal marshes and preparing for rising seas.
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Our rotten immigration policies have left us with a bunch of rotten food
Ramped-up border patrols have kept farmworkers away — which is a big problem for our agricultural system.
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How Bernie Sanders made Hillary Clinton into a greener candidate
Sanders lost the primary race, but he has changed the Democratic Party and the politics of climate change.
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Even if Sanders loses the primary, his fracking policy won California
Clinton and Sanders have been courting the state’s environmentalist vote.
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Here’s what Trump just doesn’t understand about clean air and dirty energy
He says clean air and water are top priorities, but he has no idea how to deliver.
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The Clean Power Plan is kind of like a Swiffer for our national energy
Watch us explain the Clean Power Plan with the help of a Swiffer, an oily pelican, and a dead president.
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Sanders may not win but he’s about to do something yuge
Sander’s impact on the race could outlast his candidacy through the Democratic platform.
