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![Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.]()
![Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.]()
House Democrats just told the Pentagon to redo its climate change report
They were outraged by the first version.
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![A woman walks through a flooded street in Miami Beach, Florida.]()
![A woman walks through a flooded street in Miami Beach, Florida.]()
Who stands to lose the most from climate change? Red states.
Of the 16 states facing the highest losses, all but one voted for Donald Trump in 2016.
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The government is back, and it’s debunking Trump’s tweets
NOAA has the facts about extreme weather in a warming world.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes tech companies to task for conference promoting climate denial
She and Representative Chellie Pingree sent a letter to the companies on Monday about their sponsorship of the conference.
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A carbon tax back from the dead? Stranger things have happened.
Look who's back in Congress.
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![Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pictured at a meeting in Beijing, China.]()
![Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pictured at a meeting in Beijing, China.]()
Former U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon just endorsed Democrats’ fight for a Green New Deal
Yet the South Korean diplomat said the United Nations should continue to “welcome” the fossil fuel industry to participate in climate talks.
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![Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Women's March in New York City.]()
![Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Women's March in New York City.]()
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets biblical on Sarah Huckabee Sanders
On the third day, AOC quoted bible verses.
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Will this human dressed as a receipt convince Californians to ban paper receipts?
First, California came for the plastic bags. Then plastic straws. Could paper receipts be next?
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Should a future president declare climate change a national emergency?
Probably not, lawyers say.
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![Reverend Yearwood with members of the DC Climate Coalition]()
![Reverend Yearwood with members of the DC Climate Coalition]()
Trump bailed on Paris Agreement. D.C. goes green anyway
Rev. Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus reminds us that "President Trump is not the end all and be all on climate action in the U.S. The American people are."
