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The public is wrong on climate, as it was on slavery, women’s rights
The latest polls show that Americans still just don't get it. But public opinion has always lagged on important issues.
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These terrible governors won reelection and will keep on wreaking environmental havoc
Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, Florida’s Rick Scott, and Maine’s Paul LePage were all vulnerable -- and they all triumphed anyway.
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Republicans were wrong about China’s climate commitment
The world's top emitter is pledging to cap coal use starting in 2020.
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The environmental movement is not the Tea Party of the left
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank asserts that enviros are dead set on ousting moderate Democrats. He's wrong.
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Lame-duck Democratic senators stop the Keystone bill. Will Obama follow their lead?
A Senate bill to force approval of the pipeline failed on Tuesday, coming up one vote short of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster threat.
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Would you like some spies with that right to peacefully assemble?
Forty different federal agencies are keeping themselves busy spying on the American public, according to a New York Times study.
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Big Oil doesn’t even need Keystone — all the more reason to kill it
The Keystone XL battle is mostly symbolic at this point, which makes winning even more important.
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Rising seas are swallowing this Republican’s district. Will he do anything about it?
Much of Garret Graves' district may one day be underwater.
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Why the Democrats are stupid to allow a Senate vote on Keystone
The so-called "Hail Mary" to save Sen. Mary Landrieu's political hide is a pointless Kabuki dance.
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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."
