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John Hickenlooper has a curious connection to a Trump Cabinet secretary
He often ended up aligned with David Bernhardt’s lobbying firm on fracking and supporting the oil and gas industry.
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New York City’s newly passed Green New Deal, explained
Wondering what’s included in New York City’s Green New Deal? We break down the newly passed Climate Mobilization Act.
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Here’s where all the official Democratic presidential candidates stand on climate
Though there are many small distinctions between the 18 presidential hopefuls on climate policy, there are two issues where there is meaningful daylight between candidates: nuclear energy and carbon taxes.
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What drought? These states are gearing up to draw more water from the Colorado.
Planned pipelines and dams could divert more than 300,000 acre-feet of water from the beleaguered Colorado River.
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What if a city decides it can live without a freeway?
Inside the push to tear down an Oakland freeway
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Bernie Sanders talked climate on Fox News — and it was a hit
“We have got, as a nation, to reject Trump’s idea that climate change is a hoax.”
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Natural history museum to host anti-natural honoree Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro, who wants to open up Brazil's Amazon rainforest for deforestation, will a guest of honor at the climate-conscious American Museum of Natural History.
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Is Bolsonaro the Trump of the Tropics or is Trump the Bolsonaro of the States?
Both leaders have weakened their countries’ environmental policies with a series of pro-industry appointees.
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Just how bad for you is breathing in air pollution? Well, it depends whom you ask.
A vast body of evidence links air pollution and mortality. But a Trump administration appointee wants the EPA to ignore much of it.
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The latest House climate hearing went about as well as you’d expect
John Kerry deserves some kind of award (in addition to his Purple Hearts) for responding to a slew of truly dumb questions on Tuesday with his signature composure.
