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Kochs backing out of blue-state Senate races
The Koch brothers' group Freedom Partners has stopped running ads in Oregon and Michigan, where climate-friendly Democrats are in the lead.
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Is necessity the mother of climate protest?
Massachusetts coal-barge civil disobedience settlement means that the "necessity defense" for climate protest remains tantalizingly untested in court.
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Climate film gets activists pumped for NYC march
"Disruption" debuted to an enthusiastic crowd, inspiring them to try to make the upcoming People's Climate March the biggest climate event ever.
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David Roberts’ top 10 greatest hits
Grist's climate and energy blogger is returning from a year-long sabbatical. Perfect time to revisit his top 10 posts.
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Why Republicans won’t back a carbon tax
The fact that a carbon tax should theoretically appeal to conservatives doesn't mean it actually will. Just ask Grover Norquist.
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Obama has a plan for getting around Senate opposition to a climate treaty
Republicans won't approve any new climate agreement, so the Obama admin will try to adapt an old one.
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The U.N.’s latest report on climate change is terrifying
The latest draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change centers on a really scary word: irreversible.
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Scott Brown no longer accepts climate science
Now that he's running for Senate in New Hampshire, Brown has changed course and joined his GOP colleagues in outright climate denial.
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Green must diversify or die
Environmental groups and agencies need to get serious about hiring people of color, says a new group. If they don't, they will quickly become obsolete.
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After Ferguson, what next?
The protests may be winding down for now, but if the history of activism tells us anything, it's that this is precisely when the longer-term changes start to unfold.
