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The 12 things the Obama administration wants you to know about climate change
Climate change is affecting you, right now. Yeah, you. That's the topline message of the new National Climate Assessment published by the White House.
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GOP leader calls anti-fracking congressman a terrorist
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) thinks local communities should have control over fracking, and Republicans say that makes him a "terrorist" on a "jihad."
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Should we be calling it “climate disruption”?
White House science adviser John Holdren says the phrases "global warming" and "climate change" just aren't cutting it.
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Why is Environmental Defense Fund backing Lindsey Graham?
The Republican senator from South Carolina is not what you'd call an environmentalist, but Fred Krupp and EDF's action fund are raising money for him.
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Longtime Vegas water czar warns other cities to brace for climate change
Patricia Mulroy talks about climate adaptation, rancher Cliven Bundy, and the day she thought Las Vegas had run out of water.
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EPA takes on three villains at once: Pollution, climate change, and racism
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
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Greenpeace activists arrested — again — for trying to block Russia’s Arctic oil activities
The same protestors who were jailed in Russia last year got themselves arrested once more, this time for trying to block an oil delivery to a Dutch port.
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Is oil money turning the NRA against hunters?
Two new reports examine how America's "No. 1 hunter's organization" takes oil money and lobbies for anti-conservationist policies most hunters oppose.
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From Bundy to Keystone XL: Where’s the property rights outrage here?
Many of the pundits who rallied behind rancher Cliven Bundy don't seem to care as much about ranchers' property rights when it's TransCanada using eminent domain to build KXL.
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EPA’s McCarthy slams the agency’s anti-science critics
In a forceful speech during a science meeting, the EPA chief pointed out the blatant hypocrisy of some of the agency's most vocal critics.
