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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]()
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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."
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The State Department could gut Obama’s last remaining executive action on climate change.
It’s a reaction to the Government Accountability Office recommendation that the department quit ignoring climate change.
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Beto O’Rourke’s weird beat poem about wind power
O'Rourke went all beatnik on us. What if other potential 2020 hopefuls took a turn at the mic?
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![Andrew Wheeler answers senators' questions during his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]()
![Andrew Wheeler answers senators' questions during his confirmation hearing to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]()
EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler wasn’t ready for the Senate’s questions on climate change
He blamed the shutdown for his lack of preparation.
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One more reason not to drive in New York (that could also save the planet)
Andrew Cuomo wants to charge downtown drivers, and most New Yorkers are cool with it.
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![Scenic view of Stanley Lake and Sawtooth Mountains at Stanley, Idaho.]()
![Scenic view of Stanley Lake and Sawtooth Mountains at Stanley, Idaho.]()
Sportsmen flex their political muscles
In the midterms, public land access issues helped several candidates nab governorships.
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Minnesota youth demand Green New Deal in meeting with governor
Organizers called it the country's first youth-led, state-level effort to demand the policy.
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600+ environmental orgs say this is what they want in a Green New Deal
The urgency to get to a fossil fuel-free future is growing. Now comes the discussion over just how to get there.
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It was a bad year for carbon emissions, even in California
California's emissions went the wrong way in 2018.
