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Are enviros smart to back Republican Susan Collins?
The Democrat in the Maine Senate race is the greener candidate, but environmental groups are still supporting Collins.
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Attack ads from green groups feature the Kochs as much as the climate
Watch some of the ads that hit Republican candidates for being beholden to wealthy polluters.
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We were promised methane regulations! Where are our methane regulations?!
The U.S. oil-and-gas boom is dumping oodles of methane into the atmosphere, and so far, the feds haven't gotten meaningful regulations together.
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These conservatives make the case for vibrant cities. Most of their friends ignore them.
A few conservative intellectuals are speaking out against sprawl, and for denser "new urbanist" development. Sadly, their arguments will never gain traction.
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Clean energy advocates need to speak up if they want black lawmakers to hear them
Why are some African-American lawmakers taking their cues from the fossil-fuel industry? They're not getting the other side of the story.
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Now congressional Republicans are digging through scientists’ grant proposals
Rep. Lamar Smith has launched an aggressive campaign against what he sees as misguided money management at the National Science Foundation.
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Instead of trying to feed the world, we should be ending poverty
Relieving poverty is the single most important step we could take toward reducing hunger -- and way more effective than boosting crop yields.
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Republican scandal-mongering is now a perpetual motion machine
The congressional investigation into EPA-NRDC "collusion" is a sad sign that the Republican scandal machine no longer needs any fuel to keep running.
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The Chinese people care more about the environment than Americans do
A new survey finds that Chinese citizens rank “pollution and the environment” as the top global threat. Americans aren't so concerned.
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How to get Republicans to stop using the “I’m not a scientist” dodge
If journalists don't want a stupid answer about climate change, they should ask a better question.
