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![U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question about the administration's new policy on Cuba after his end of the year press conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, December 19, 2014.]()
![U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question about the administration's new policy on Cuba after his end of the year press conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, December 19, 2014.]()
Obama is cracking down on another climate villain: Methane
It's the final and crucial piece of Obama's climate plan, and it just might work.
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Obama to crack down on methane leaks from frackers and pipelines
Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is leaking from wells and pipelines across the country.
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Mitt Romney’s climate record exposes his deepest flaws as a politician and a robot
As Romney prepares for another presidential run, let's look at his craven pandering on the critical issue of global warming.
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Climate change is laying waste to water supplies, warns Farm Bureau
A Farm Bureau bigwig warns that as western snowpack dwindles, farmers must adapt.
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Climate denier Ted Cruz to oversee NASA. Houston, we have a problem
This is not a good thing. Just how bad it is will be determined.
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“Biking while black” is a thing, too
A Fort Lauderdale bike registry program aimed to reduce theft, but it also gave cops a reason to stop cyclists, and -- surprise! -- African Americans took most of the heat.
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Some Republican voters actually do want climate action
Fifty-six percent of Republicans in a recent poll said they support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
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72 percent of GOP senators deny climate change
Thirty-nine GOP senators reject the science on climate change — that's three-fourths of the Senate Republican caucus. Ouch.
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Tired of worrying about climate change? Vote Pitbull for president!
Hope on climate change has come from a direction you never expected.
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Inslee on Seattle tunnel: “No one is more frustrated by this project than I am”
The governor insists that the tunnel still needs to be built, and that the contractor will pay to fix Bertha. "We’re like the guy who’s having his house remodeled and the contractor hasn’t done any work in the past year because his buzz saw isn’t working."
