election 2010
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What does the election mean for population and reproductive rights?
Congress will have a lot more anti-choicers. Expect attacks on international family-planning programs and a big fight over birth-control coverage.
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Science proves it: Climate change legislation didn't hurt Democrats
Our analysis shows that House Democrats didn't suffer for voting for cap-and-trade more than they might have otherwise, even though some champions of the bill, such as Rich Boucher (Va.), were defeated Tuesday.
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Putting the midterm elections in the context of the latest climate science (and life as we know it)
The election results mean it is now virtually impossible to avoid exceeding the targets set forth by the U.N. for "safe" levels of climate change.
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Half of GOP caucus are climate zombies, four members admit science is real
45 of 97 Republican freshmen and 85 of 166 re-elected Republicans are confirmed climate zombies.
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Ignoring evidence, Politico spins climate vote as electoral loser
Democrats who voted against clean energy were more than three times as likely to lose their seats than those who voted for it
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What this election means for climate hawks: light but no heat
If Democrats have a safe word, no one in the party could remember what it was this election season.
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Boehner takes over and climate legislation fades to black
John Boehner, the Ohio Republican, who once said that "the idea that carbon dioxide ... is harmful to our environment is almost comical" is the new Speaker of the House.
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Why this election wasn't a referendum on the climate bill
While more than two dozen incumbents who voted for the climate bill lost their seats, even more Democrats who voted against the climate bill lost theirs.
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Was this election good for the fish?
There's not much humor to be found when you look at the likely effect of the election on the oceans.