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Washington’s GMO labeling flop, two weeks later: What it means
The food industry unleashed a flurry of anti-labeling ads, but they only worked because support for labeling is broad but shallow.
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Want a climate deal? Rich nations will have to pay up to help poor ones
Developing countries are demanding that they get help cutting emissions and adapting to climate change, plus compensation for damage already done.
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U.N. climate talks: Four countries behaving badly
Japan, Poland, Australia, and Canada are disgracing themselves at climate negotiations underway in Warsaw.
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Court upholds California’s cap-and-trade system
Two conservative groups sued to stop the state's year-old carbon-trading system. A judge told them tough luck.
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Meet the computer geek who took on Ken Cucinelli — and won
Michael Mann didn't come to politics. Politics came to him.
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Break the cycle: Why stronger laws will save bikers and curb reckless drivers
We can do a hell of a lot better than telling bicyclists and drivers to be on their best behavior.
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Anti-fracking activists celebrate victory in a fourth Colorado city
A recount has revealed that a fracking moratorium narrowly succeeded in Broomfield, Colo., giving fracking foes a clean sweep of recent ballot measures in the state.
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Obama’s departed climate chief pushed him toward action
During her time at the White House, Heather Zichal helped put in place new fuel-economy standards, funding for renewables, and the president's big climate plan.
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Denial dries up: Americans finally seeing the light on climate change
In red states as well as blue, a majority of Americans believe climate change is happening and the government should do something about it, according to a decade's worth of polling results.
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U.S. says poor countries’ calls for climate compensation could screw up climate treaty process
Developing countries don't just want the rich world to help them reduce emissions and adapt to climate change. Now they want compensation for "loss and damages."
