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New leaders in Canada and Australia offer new hope for Paris climate talks
Justin Trudeau and Malcolm Turnbull are expected to be more cooperative on climate action than their obstructionist predecessors.
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What does “organic” actually mean?
These are the rules that an "organic" label guarantees farmers will follow. What exactly are the benefits? That's where things get complicated.
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Bernie Sanders wants to ban new offshore drilling and fossil fuel development on federal land
The presidential candidate announced his support for a new climate bill.
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Most Americans accept that climate change is real, they just don’t care that much about it
Less than a quarter of Americans are very worried about global warming, a new poll finds, and most don't see it as a moral issue.
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Here’s what world leaders could actually achieve on climate change in Paris
The deal in the works won't keep warming below 2 degrees C, but it could make a big difference anyway.
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Getting warmer: More Republicans are starting to take climate change seriously
Sen. Kelly Ayotte is among a handful of politicians trying to shift the GOP's approach. A recent Conservative Clean Energy Summit had the same goal.
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Climate change is forcing people to migrate and the world doesn’t have a plan to handle it
People who flee climate-related disasters need help from the U.N. and the global community. Instead, we're still arguing over what to call them.
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Russia takes a skeptical approach to climate change thanks to Putin
Vladimir Putin isn’t very worried about climate change, but Russia should be.
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The state of carbon pricing is messier than we might like to think
There's not much chance of a global carbon price emerging from Paris, but smaller cap-and-trade programs and carbon taxes are in effect around the world.
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Christie was the only Republican asked about climate at the main debate — and he got it all wrong
Chris Christie acknowledges that climate change is real, but his comments about it at Wednesday's debate were still awfully ignorant.
