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Meet Paul Ryan: Climate Denier, Conspiracy Theorist, Koch Acolyte

Paul Ryan stands with Big Oil against scientific fact and the future of human civilization.

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

August 12, 2012

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“You Can’t Take Away My Hope”: Thirty Years of Climate Scientists Helplessly Describing Our Dangerously Changing World

In a new video by Peter Sinclair, prominent climate scientist Michael MacCracken discusses how the last thirty years have confirmed the predictions he and others made in 1982 and earlier. …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

March 27, 2012

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The Secret, Corporate-Funded Plan to Teach Children That Climate Change is a Hoax

Internal documents acquired by ThinkProgress Green reveal that the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think tank funded by the Koch brothers, Microsoft, and other top corporations, is planning to develop …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

February 15, 2012

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OccupyKXL: The 99 Percent Takes a Stand With 24 Hours Against Keystone

A broad coalition of the grassroots progressive movement is launching a 24-hour effort to mobilize 500,000 people opposing Republican efforts to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. GOP …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

February 13, 2012

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The Fight Over Keystone XL Now Has a 60-Day Deadline

Attached to the payroll tax deal was a provision forcing President Obama to decide within 60 days whether or not to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, before …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

December 25, 2011

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Global Warming Hates a White Christmas

This winter has been unusually warm, crippling ski resorts, ruining holiday traditions, and dashing hopes of a white Christmas across the northern hemisphere. While the billions of tons of …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

December 24, 2011

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Cops Invade Occupy Boston to Seize Its Sink

This evening, riot police invaded the Occupy Boston encampment to seize the protestors’ kitchen sink. The action, which led to the arrest of three protesters and a police officer …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

December 2, 2011

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Freezing Free Speech: Winter Tents Are “Contraband” for Occupy Boston

Occupy Boston is one of the largest and best established occupations of the 99 Percent movement, in the city known as the Cradle of Liberty for its role in …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

November 21, 2011

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Wielding Assault Rifles, Police Arrest Chapel Hill Occupiers Of Building Left Derelict By Developer

Wielding assault rifles, about 20 police in riot gear stormed a derelict commercial property in the heart of Chapel Hill, NC, on Sunday afternoon, arresting activists who had taken …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

November 14, 2011

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Valero Poised to Export Keystone XL Crude Tax-Free

Valero Energy Corporation, a top U.S. refiner and one of the main backers of the failed effort to kill California’s climate laws, is poised to produce Keystone XL tar …

By: Brad Johnson ,; ThinkProgress

November 10, 2011

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