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Surprise! The GOP’s climate position tracks closely with oil industry donations
Republican support for climate action has gone up and down over the years, as have contributions from oil and gas companies.
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GOP convention, day one: A platform built on oil, an argument based on inaccuracy
At the GOP convention, Republicans are pushing stale old energy policies and telling lots of lies.
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![Julian Castro, left, mayor-elect of San Antonio, pauses during a visit with his brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, right, in the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday, May 27, 2009, in Austin, Texas.]()
![Julian Castro, left, mayor-elect of San Antonio, pauses during a visit with his brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, right, in the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday, May 27, 2009, in Austin, Texas.]()
Meet Julian and Joaquin Castro, rising Democratic stars with a strong green streak
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, who'll be giving the keynote at the Democratic convention, and his twin brother Joaquín, who's running for Congress, are both big advocates for clean energy.
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Miners’ mandatory attendance at Romney rally cost them a day’s pay
Coal miners in Ohio really got the shaft when Romney came to town.
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Through a green glass, darkly: How climate will reshape American history
How does today's climate crisis revise our understanding of our collective past? Mark Fiege, author of a new environmental chronicle of the U.S., takes us on a natural history tour.
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Rush Limbaugh says Obama manipulated hurricane forecasts to delay GOP convention
The conservative radio host spins out a truly wacky conspiracy theory.
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New York’s fracking war: Activists rally in Albany; Bloomberg tries to make fracking cleaner
Hundreds protest against fracking in the state capital, while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg makes a $6 million grant to the Environmental Defense Fund to help make fracking more eco-friendly.
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Why does Mitt Romney continue to hate Colorado and/or wind?
With time running out and the wind industry wavering, Congress still hasn't moved on the production tax credit.
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Paul Ryan: ‘Big debate about the scientific veracity’ of ‘so-called’ climate solutions
Mitt Romney's running mate pulled out the standard climate-denier language on Friday.
