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Oregon Republicans go into hiding to avoid voting on climate bill
Police are chasing them down, and a scary militia has offered the senators refuge.
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Can climate change be stopped? Here’s what the Democratic presidential candidates say.
Leave it to a politician to figure out the right way to answer an unanswerable question.
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Trump’s climate ‘plan’ is finally here, and it’s already headed to court
The Affordable Clean Energy Plan finalizes the rollback of Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
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The group that pushed the Green New Deal sets its sights on 2020 and beyond
Grist sat down with Executive Director Varshini Prakash to discuss the Green New Deal and the Democratic candidates.
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Florida’s summer of slime turned its politics upside down
Florida’s summer of slime turned its politics upside down.
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Mess with a Texas pipeline now and you could end up a felon
Texas now has one of the harshest laws in the country to protect its oil and gas operations.
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On the road to the Green New Deal, New York’s latest climate legislation may be the first stop
The Climate and Community Protection Act is poised to be one of the nation's most ambitious attempts to tackle both climate change and environmental injustice.
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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.
