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If GOP takes the House, get ready for nuclear plants and "clean" coal
Time to face reality: It's looking more likely that Republicans will win back the House. Get ready for talk about nuclear energy and "clean" coal.
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A White House road trip with a solar rock star
Bill McKibben got to see the now-famous enthusiasm gap up close and personal last week when he asked the White House to go back to using solar panels.
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Tea Party victories are good for progressives, but bad for climate
The rise of the Tea Party may be good for progressive politicians, but it has major downsides for Homo "sapiens" sapiens.
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New York governor's race: Cuomo vs. Paladino
Tell us what you know about the governor's race in New York. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
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New Hampshire governor's race: Lynch vs. Stephen
Tell us what you know about the governor's race in New Hampshire. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about green issues?
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Maryland governor's race: O'Malley vs. Ehrlich
Tell us what you know about the governor's race in Maryland. What's at stake? What are candidates saying about climate change and other green issues?
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This green doesn't want McCain back, thanks
In Politico, Darren Samuelsohn says "greens want their McCain back." I don't know if I qualify as a "green," but I can say with great vigor and certainty that I do not want my McCain back, or anyone's McCain for that matter. It's not clear how many greens are supposed to feel this way beyond Republicans for Environmental Protection (the only entity more desperate for a conservative date to the dance than John Kerry), but for those that do, listen carefully: he's just not that into you.
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Welcome to the real climate war: Big Oil versus the Terminator
The big news is the upset victory of Tea Partier Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. But the real war over climate change is being waged in the states.
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Now all GOP Senate candidates deny global warming
The one GOP Senate candidate who supported climate action was knocked out in Delaware's primary on Tuesday by Christine O'Donnell, a Tea Partier and "cap-and-tax" critic.
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Texas and three other states threaten to sue California over AB 32
Texas and three other states with attorneys general beholden to Dirty Oil have vowed to sue California as a last-ditch effort to kill AB 32.
