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What Harvey Milk can teach today’s green activists
As environmental causes move from national to local, we can take some notes from the tragic but phenomenally successful story of "The Mayor of Castro Street."
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Obama pledges $3 billion for world climate fund, makes the GOP look even dumber
As Obama, our allies in Europe, and even China, commit to reduce emissions, Republicans are becoming more isolated by the day.
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Now that China and the U.S. have a climate deal, will India step up next?
India is the world's No. 3 carbon emitter, and now it's in the hot seat.
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What climate hawks can learn from the midterms: Messaging and money matter
The mainstream media spun the election as a debilitating blow for climate advocates. That's the wrong takeaway.
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No, the new climate deal does not let China off the hook
Republicans say the agreement doesn't require China to do anything. Here's why they're wrong.
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Meet the Senate leaders who plan to gut the EPA and approve Keystone
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the new Republican committee chairs are all hostile to climate action.
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4 reasons Republicans are losing their sh*t over the U.S.-China climate deal
The GOP is really not happy about this new agreement. Here's why.
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![Barack Obama and Xi Jinping]()
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New U.S.-China climate deal is a game changer
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have announced that they are pursuing ambitious new greenhouse gas emission reductions.
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How the GOP-run Senate could ruin global climate action here and abroad
Undermining the EPA also means undermining climate treaty negotiations in Paris next year.
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David Roberts explains postmodern conservatism in 36 tweets
A case headed to the Supreme Court is a crucial turning point in the American conservative movement's ability to assert that black is white and up is down.
