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Can climate science be rendered conservative-friendly?
Climate hawks have been criticized for failing to craft messages that appeal to conservatives. But is there any way to make the brutal logic of climate change congenial to modern-day American conservatism?
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The futility of “just the facts” climate science
Some folks urge climate scientists to stay away from politics and policy and stick to "just the facts." That strategy, were it possible, which it isn't, would be utterly ineffective.
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Undercover agents infiltrate anti-Keystone protests
Cops spied on activists planning a peaceful protest in Oklahoma -- and that's just one of many incidents of spying by the government and TransCanada.
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Even nuclear weapons are going green
America's main nuke plant will soon be powered partly by wind. Hey, if you're going to condemn the world to a nuclear winter, you might as well be climate-friendly about it.
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Climate-denier politicians under attack by new ad campaign
The League of Conservation Voters will spend $2 million on ads that portray four Republicans in Congress as dangerous extremists.
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Conservative hostility to science predates climate science
The debate over whether climate scientists should stray into advocacy is largely moot. No amount of "objectivity" is going to diminish conservatives' decades-long hostility toward science.
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A Tea Party leader explains why she’s teaming up with the Sierra Club to push for solar power
Georgia will soon be producing a lot more solar energy because of an unusual coalition. Now it has a name: the Green Tea Coalition.
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Can a giant ice wall stop Fukushima radiation from leaking into the sea?
Some 300 tons of radioactive water are pouring from the plant into the Pacific every day, so TEPCO wants to build a mile-long underground ice wall to stop the leakage.
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Is Keystone XL a distraction from more important climate fights?
Or is it pointless to criticize the one climate movement that's gotten the most traction in the U.S.? An article in Nature tries to stoke a debate.
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Steve King insults climate scientists and religious Americans simultaneously
The GOP rep from Iowa, most recently in the news for his "calves the size of cantaloupes" comment, turns his eloquence to the topic of climate change.
