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Mitch McConnell, hemp hero
It's always seemed crazy that industrial hemp got swept up in the war on drugs. The senate's Republican majority leader thinks so too.
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One thing Netanyahu and Obama agree on: Climate change is a huge threat
They might have vastly different visions for how to deal with Iran, but Obama and Netanyahu agree on the necessity of climate action.
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India slaps taxes on coal, while China uses less of it
As both countries get more serious about cutting pollution and building up clean energy capacity, coal feels the brunt.
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John Oliver is the only person who can make you laugh and care about fixing bridges
And the Last Week Tonight host has a good solution: raising gas taxes.
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Science proves GOP wrong on climate change and national security
New research links climate change to Syria's devastating civil war.
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Inhofe threw a snowball on the Senate floor, and therefore climate change isn’t real
The Senate's most vocal critic of the scientific consensus on climate change used the snowball as part of his case for why global warming is a hoax.
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Jim Webb, Democratic presidential hopeful, slams Obama over Keystone bill veto
Webb vented his frustration with a virulent tweetstorm. Here's what he got wrong.
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Spy agencies are snooping on enviros around the globe
Another week, another instance of governments targeting peaceful environmental activists -- this time the head of Greenpeace International.
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No, Obama did not veto the Keystone XL pipeline
But from the misleading messages some green groups have been spreading on social media, you'd think he really did.
