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Obama could make climate progress internationally even if he’s hobbled at home
A big, global climate treaty isn't going to happen, but Obama could push forward lots of smaller deals to promote clean energy, efficiency, and other good stuff.
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Drought means bad news for Obama
Research suggests that drought negatively impacts incumbent presidents.
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The $1.3 billion wasted in the debt ceiling fight could buy a lot of Merlot
But the political value to the Republican party was priceless.
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Republicans want end to regulations, you eaten by alligator
House Republicans are pushing a bill that would ban any new major regulations until unemployment drops below 6 percent. Really.
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Republicans prefer naming things after Reagan to signing U.N. ocean treaties
And, really, who can blame them?
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Lobbyists spent $173.5 million trying to shape the 2008 farm bill
Food and Water Watch crunched the numbers, revealing both the scale and breakdown of the massive effort to pass the 2008 legislation.
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Seven graphs that should make the Obama campaign very nervous
The drought means higher food prices. Higher food prices mean more concern about the economy. And that means trouble for an incumbent president.
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How the White House weakened EPA’s soot standard
A report from the Washington Post demonstrates
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U.S. leads the world in cutting CO2 emissions — so why aren’t we talking about it?
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. is making progress on climate change. And not just because of the recession and the natural-gas boom.
