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Here’s what climate activists should do in 2015
We quizzed more than a dozen leaders and thinkers about priorities for this coming year, and this is what they had to say.
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Hillary is hiring John Podesta, and that’s good for climate hawks
As a top adviser in the White House, Podesta has pushed Obama to do much more on climate change. And now he'll have Clinton's ear.
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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.]()
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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.
