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The problem with Biden’s plan to push China on climate
The U.S. has to re-establish its own credibility on climate change before it can tell others what to do.
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Introducing the first 2020 climate plan that doesn’t sing the Green New Deal’s praises
On Thursday, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper unveiled a climate plan that diverges from other candidates' plans in one major way.
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U.S. military emits more CO2 than most countries
The climate crisis is an existential threat, and the Pentagon's making it worse.
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This influential group behind the Halliburton loophole doesn’t lobby. So why did it hire a lobbyist?
The little-known organization can claim some credit for a handful of Big Oil’s biggest regulatory wins.
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Time is running out to pass New York’s Climate and Community Protection Act this session
Protesters swarmed New York's Capitol to pressure Governor Cuomo to pass this ambitious piece of climate reform now.
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Former EPA chiefs blast the Trump administration over rollbacks, budget cuts, bad science
Ex-EPA leaders, Republican and Democrat, urged the EPA to take action on climate change.
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Breathe easier: States are passing a buttload of clean-energy bills
Some 40 percent of American electricity is going carbon-free.
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Saving the oceans — one place where Congress can agree
A Democrat and a Republican join forces to call for cleaning up ocean plastics, fighting off pirate fishing operations, and banning new off-shore oil drilling.
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Trump signs a relief bill covering a catalogue of climate disasters
Trump just signed a disaster relief bill that was months in the making. Here's what it addresses.
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Can the U.S. lead the world on climate again? These candidates think so.
All the Democratic candidates want to return to the Paris agreement. Only Jay Inslee and Joe Biden have laid out strategies for making it work.