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Rick Perry is on the payroll of a controversial oil pipeline company in Texas
Most presidential candidates step down from corporate boards to avoid conflicts of interest. Not the ex-Texas governor.
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Bernie Sanders tells Bill Maher: Climate change is young people’s issue, and mine, too
Progressive presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he's going to reach out to young voters by emphasizing his calls for climate action.
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Jeb Bush dismisses his church’s stance on climate change — why not gay marriage?
The candidate seems to follow Catholic teachings when they align with the Republican Party — and dismiss them when they don’t.
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Jeb Bush joins Santorum in hating on Pope Francis’ climate encyclical
Republicans, the fossil fuel industry, and the Heartland Institute are working to discredit the pope's encyclical -- even before its release.
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He may be pope, but that doesn’t mean he can stop climate change
Church teachings don't hold much sway in partisan politics where people's minds are already made up. Why do we think the pope's climate stand will be any different?
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What climate deniers get wrong on “politically motivated” science
Despite a bipartisan history, climate science continues to be scurrilously attacked by Republicans.
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Climate-hawk senator is “very disappointed” in Obama on Arctic drilling
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tells Grist what he thinks of the president's climate record. Plus: commentary on Hillary Clinton and the pope.
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Drought forces cuts to some of California’s oldest water rights
In a step it hasn't taken since the 1970s, the state water board tells key rights holders, including municipalities and water districts, to draw less H2O.
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McKibben to Clinton: Now it’s really time to get serious about climate change
In an open letter to Hillary Clinton, Bill McKibben lays out exactly why she needs to put climate change at the center of her campaign -- and how she can win with it.
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The U.N. surprises everyone with a breakthrough deal to slow deforestation
It’s not often that happy, unexpected news emerges from climate negotiations, but that’s exactly what happened at a recent meeting in Germany.
