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Shell cuts ties with corporate bill mill ALEC, claiming high ground on climate (!)
The oil and gas company is the latest to leave the state-level policy group.
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Climate and energy feature heavily in national debate — in Canada
Meanwhile down south, GOP candidates debated license plates.
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Bernie Sanders watched the Republican debate so we didn’t have to
In case you're wondering if anyone talked about climate change or energy, no, they didn't.
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![Republican presidential candidates (L-R), former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and former New York Governor George Pataki, pose before the start of a Fox-sponsored forum for lower polling candidates held before the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.]()
![Republican presidential candidates (L-R), former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and former New York Governor George Pataki, pose before the start of a Fox-sponsored forum for lower polling candidates held before the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.]()
The first GOP debate was just 7 adult babies yelling into the void
Each of the bottom seven candidates appeared to really believe that he or she will be the next president. Loony! Cute, but loony.
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Here’s how a Republican president could undermine the Clean Power Plan
Will Obama's new climate rules for power plants make a difference? That all depends on the next occupant of the White House.
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Jeb comes out against ethanol mandate, Iowa be damned
The presidential candidate thinks it's time for the renewable fuel standard to end.
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Map: Stacking up the states under the Clean Power Plan
Check out how the new emission rate reduction targets vary across the country.
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Obama gives unusually passionate, personal speech as he unveils Clean Power Plan
The president told an anecdote from his college years to illustrate the importance of new rules to clean up climate pollution from power plants.
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Here’s what the presidential candidates think of Obama’s climate plan
From Marco Rubio to Bernie Sanders, the leading 2016 candidates had a wide range of responses to Obama's Clean Power Plan.
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How are environmentalists reacting to Obama’s Clean Power Plan?
Their public statements are celebratory, but scratch the surface and you'll find that feelings in some quarters are more complicated.
