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What would it mean for the environment if Hillary targeted pickup-driving country fans?
Trying to appeal to rural white voters is the wrong way for a Democrat to win the White House. And it would be bad for the climate too.
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USDA dumps millions in lunch money on local food
Could the long national nightmare of gross school lunches be drawing to a close? Not yet, but this is a good start.
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Obama disses Keystone XL on the Colbert Report
We need to make sure Keystone XL doesn't contribute to disastrous warming of the planet, President Obama said.
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Adapting to climate change will cost much more than we thought
And we still don't know how in the world to pay for it. That's the bottom line of a jarring new report from the U.N. Environment Fund.
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A Republican rep calls for his party to “recognize the reality” of climate change
Chris Gibson, whose upstate New York district has been hit hard by mega-storms, plans to introduce a climate-related resolution in the House.
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Martin O’Malley, long-shot presidential hopeful, is a real climate hawk
In an interview with Grist, the outgoing Maryland governor talks about how to make progress on climate change.
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Why climate hawks are on the left, like it or not
Climate change is a global injustice that markets won't solve on their own; it will require government intervention and international cooperation.
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This guy’s typhoon tweets make the climate crisis urgent, touching, and funny all at once
As Super Typhoon Hagupit bears down on the Philippines, the country's climate commissioner is pleading for action -- and making a few jokes.
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Meet the BART-stopping woman behind “Black Lives Matter”
Two activists who devised the phrase "Black Lives Matter" discuss its origins -- and why they took their demonstration to the Bay Area's transit system last week.
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ALEC (not Baldwin) is trying to destroy the environment
Lobbying behemoth American Legislative Exchange Council plans to attack environmental protections when Republicans take control of Congress and several state legislatures.
