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What’s wrong with giving farm states the keys to our elections? Everything
Giving rural states first crack at the presidential contest every four years is bad for the climate and the planet.
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Cruz wins Iowa, ethanol loses
Apparently, it is possible to win the Iowa caucuses without bowing at the altar of fuel made from corn.
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Ben Carson gets called out on climate cluelessness by Iowa voter
A voter questioned Carson's commitment to science. His answer was predictably unilluminating.
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The seas are swallowing South Florida. Where’s Marco Rubio?
Rubio, a Miami native, is still silent on climate change -- even though rising sea levels are already affecting life in his city.
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How the Koch brothers grew their tentacles
Jane Mayer's new book traces the story of the conservative billionaires who are trying to reshape the American political landscape.
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Bernie tells it like it is to teenage climate denier
The presidential hopeful did not mince words at a high school in Iowa.
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Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate to oppose fracking
But even if he made it to the White House, he wouldn't actually be able to stop most of it.
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Maps show how sea-level rise will swallow Trump’s properties
Climate change will have a big effect on Donald Trump’s buildings in Florida and Hawaii. Listening now, Donnie Boy?
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Why I blocked an oil train — and why you should engage in climate disobedience too
The shock of nonviolent civil disobedience is needed to make our political system function again.
