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The climate movement doesn’t need conservatives
An environmentalist calling for the climate movement to incorporate conservatives is like a fundamentalist pastor calling for the anti–gay marriage movement to incorporate liberals.
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EPA’s new rules on river pollution outrage the usual suspects
The agency reasserts its authority to regulate rivers in the wake of court decisions that reined in its powers. This rankles some politicians.
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You can’t talk about the future of the Democratic Party without talking about climate change
A recent N.Y. Times article paints Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) as a pragmatist fighting off a challenge from his left, but it misses the mark by ignoring his progressive leadership on climate change.
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The Tea Party can’t stand this presidential hopeful
Why Lindsey Graham has right-wing activists up in arms.
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CIA to close a secretive climate change science program
Scientists used the Medea program to study how global warming could worsen conflict. Now that project has come to an end.
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Mike Huckabee can’t make up his mind about ethanol
The GOP presidential hopeful has been a vocal supporter of the ethanol industry -- except when he bashes it.
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Obama: Climate change poses “immediate risk” to national security
In a commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy, the president told cadets they'll be responding to climate change throughout their careers.
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The White House is buzzing with plans to save the bees
The Obama administration just released a 10-year plan to grow monarch butterfly and bee populations.
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Activists blockade Seattle port to protest Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
Protesters left their kayaks behind and took to the streets to prevent workers from reaching Shell's Polar Pioneer rig, which arrived in the city last week.
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Here’s a radical idea: Climate activists need to engage conservatives
When U.S. climate activists talk about diversity, they don't mean political diversity. But to make real progress, we'll need conservatives too.
