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The Middle East could be looking at 140-degree days thanks to climate change
A new study suggests that, unless we cut carbon emissions drastically, the Persian Gulf is going to become an uninhabitable inferno.
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Paul Ryan, incoming House speaker, is a right-wing extremist who wants to screw over the climate
Under Ryan’s vision for the country, our shift away from fossil fuels and cars would be impeded and our air and water quality worsened.
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There’s a high-stakes dinner party in Paris and you’re invited. Check out our climate negotiations explainer
We cooked up a video to explain all of COP21's tough climate questions.
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Climate-denying senator threatens to crash climate talks
Sen. James Inhofe is not invited to the U.N. climate talks in Paris. He's not letting that stop him.
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Coal-friendly states sue over Obama’s Clean Power Plan
The plan was just formally published Friday morning, but it already faces legal challenges from 24 states.
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Young people: Now is your chance to tell the EPA what to do about the climate
The environmental agency formalizes a unit for young people to make suggestions and proposals for dealing with climate change.
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Meet the Republican magnate who’s funding a push for climate action
Andy Sabin has spent big money to create a climate law center and to back GOP candidates like Jeb Bush who he thinks will break the climate stalemate.
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Donald Trump is wrong about climate change — again
We just had the hottest September on record -- but you’d never know from the Donald’s recent tweet.
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With “moderates” like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, who needs the radical right wing?
If you look at their actual proposals, the Republican's "moderate" candidates turn out to lean as far to the right as Bernie Sanders does to the Democratic left.
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Bernie Sanders urges DOJ to investigate Exxon’s potential fraud on climate change
Sanders said the company's actions to hide the truth about fossil fuels and climate change could "qualify as a violation of federal law."
