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![Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt at a cabinet meeting in the White House.]()
![Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt at a cabinet meeting in the White House.]()
Scott Pruitt never gave up on dream to debate climate science, EPA records show
The White House denied the administrator’s "red team, blue team" idea, so staff tried to find another way to question climate science.
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If the government shuts down, key scientists still have to work over the holidays
Merry Christmas, government scientists! You have to work for free over the holidays.
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![Protesters seen holding placards during the Sunrise Movement protest inside the office of US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to advocate that Democrats support the Green New Deal, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.]()
![Protesters seen holding placards during the Sunrise Movement protest inside the office of US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to advocate that Democrats support the Green New Deal, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.]()
Green New Deal has overwhelming bipartisan support, poll finds. At least, for now.
Sixty-four percent of Republicans — including 57 percent of conservative Republicans — back the core tenets of the sweeping proposal.
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Beto O’Rourke might have an oil money problem
The Texas Democratic representative has been taken off the list of politicians who signed a "No Fossil Fuel Money" pledge.
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This is what a government shutdown over climate change would look like
Could Democrats demand a Green New Deal in 2019?
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Coal climbs back into the conversation at U.N. climate talks
The dirty fuel that international climate scientists say the world should abandon has a rebirth at Katowice’s COP24.
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The stinkiest, dirtiest, nastiest renewable energy you never heard of
Burning garbage? Chicken poop? Your state could be getting renewable energy from nasty sources.
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Team Trump promoted coal at the U.N. climate talks. Young activists busted it up.
When the Trump administration hosted an event to tout fossil fuels, activists erupted into laughter.
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Is the Green New Deal the only way forward?
The next year will be critical for climate policy. Get to know what's on the table.
