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February 10, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The Supreme Court halted President Obama’s big climate initiative, and climate deniers are gloating.
February 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton’s Leftward Shift on Climate
Helped along by both President Obama and Bernie Sanders, Clinton has broken her silence on fossil fuel extraction from public lands.
February 4, 2016
Rebecca Leber
President Obama says screw it, and proposes a tax on oil.
February 1, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders might want to thank climate change voters if he wins tonight.
January 29, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Marco Rubio swears there will never be cap-and-trade if he’s president. He might want to check the news.
January 20, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The planet is warming up but don’t worry—we can now grow zinnias and other flowering plants in space.
January 20, 2016
Adam Peck
2015 was the warmest year in recorded human history.
January 19, 2016
Tim McDonnell
The Problem With Rooftop Solar That Nobody Is Talking About
Where does the green energy from your panels really go?
January 18, 2016
Rupert Neate
One Man’s Plan to Capitalize on California’s Drought
Scott Slater wants to pump billions of gallons to LA and other drought-hit cities—and make $2.4 billion in the process.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton delivered the best environmental answer of the night, unprompted.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
NBC could have asked Democratic candidates 1,000 smarter questions on climate change than this.
January 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
How Obama Inserted the “War on Coal” Into the 2016 Race
A moratorium on coal leases is another notch in his legacy. But it will be up to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders to navigate the fallout.
January 15, 2016
Rebecca Leber
John Kasich’s insane plan to freeze all regulations.
January 12, 2016
Tim McDonnell
Here’s Every State of the Union Climate Promise Made by Obama
This video shows seven years of global warming proposals—and how he did on each one.
January 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A huge coal company filed for bankruptcy today, and another shovel of dirt covered the industry’s casket.
January 11, 2016
Rebecca Leber
This endorsement secures Marco Rubio’s spot as 2016’s most dangerous candidate for the climate.
January 7, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Last year’s weather was weird and wet and hot.
January 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline wants its money back for losing.
January 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Why environmentalists have made the oil industry nervous.
January 5, 2016
Suzanne Goldenberg
The Devastating Impact of a Single Gas Well Leak
California's biggest contributor to climate change is a rupture at an Aliso Canyon well.

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