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Republican’s bill calls for weather forecasting, not climate forecasting
An Oklahoma rep wants to defund climate research because 48 Oklahomans were killed last year by tornadoes. Seriously.
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Is this man the greenest governor in America?
If Jay Inslee succeeds in his ambitious climate and energy goals, the impacts will extend far beyond Washington state.
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Obama endorses Senate climate hawk Brian Schatz in Hawaii race
In just over a year in the Senate, Schatz has emerged as a leader on climate change. He's now in a close Democratic primary contest, and the president has just given him a leg up.
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U.N. climate report offers lots of bummer news plus a few dollops of encouragement
Global warming will particularly screw over poor countries, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But adaptation is starting to catch on.
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Science alone can’t save us, says famous climate scientist (gulp)
Katharine Hayhoe says scientists need to do their thing, but to make real progress on the climate, we need to appeal to people's values.
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Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill
It took alert hikers to notice that four miles of a Utah national monument have turned black from an oil-field leak. What else are we failing to catch?
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Want to attract a new generation to the national parks? Find a few new rangers.
If the Park Service wants more people of color to visit the great outdoors, it needs to make its staff look more like America.
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Here’s why B.C.’s carbon tax is super popular — and effective
Just before the economic collapse in 2008, the Canadian province passed a tax on carbon emissions. Five years later, it's a case study in smart climate policy.
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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.
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Christie’s new woe: Court rules he illegally dumped climate protections
When Christie's administration unilaterally pulled out out of a regional cap-and-trade program in 2011, it broke the law, an appeals court rules.
