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A price on carbon is a must, says Delaware senator
Why haven't past efforts been successful in revolutionizing our energy system? Because they didn't go far enough, argues Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman.
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Oil companies and special interests spend millions to oppose climate legislation
As the case for climate action grows more urgent, Big Oil and Dirty Coal have redoubled their efforts to block global warming pollution reductions.
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Republican governor candidates deny climate change
Republican gubernatorial candidates in many states deny climate science. Check out these quotes.
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Friedman misses what's really holding America back on clean energy
Obama isn't trying to raise the gasoline tax because conservatives have made it next to impossible to talk about raising taxes of any sort. Even phasing out tax breaks for millionaires might prove beyond the ability of Congress this fall -- forget taking on something as pocketbook-sensitive as gas taxes.
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Right-wingers jump back into politics, throw millions into Republican campaigns
Tea partiers get all the attention, but the big money in Republican campaigns is coming from old-line right-wingers who are about as establishment as you can get. Plus, what future generations will hate us for and a flight that lasts five years.
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Colbert to Congress: What would Jesus do about migrant farm workers? [VIDEO]
Stephen Colbert testified before Congress in wise-cracking character, but dropped the mask to explain why he thinks sticking up for farm workers is the Christian thing to do.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry fights climate action but embraces wind power
Perry relishes his role as a foe of national climate action. He lambasted the climate bill that passed the House last year as an "economic disaster." He is suing the EPA to block it from regulating greenhouse gas pollution. But he also oversaw one of the more impressive clean-energy success stories of the past decade: the Texas wind industry.
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California ups the ante on renewable electricity standard
California has stepped up again. Yesterday it raised the bar for states setting targets for using renewable energy.
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Texas guv candidate Bill White talks wind, solar, and urban planning
The Democratic candidate for governor spoke to Grist about energy, high-speed rail, and the daunting prospect of urban planning in Texas.
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The Climate Post: Castro's secret meeting with scientists proves climate change is a communist plot
Read about the renewable energy standard's 11th-hour comeback, the Cancun climate summit, the White House's "sinister plot," and more.
