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Climate Crisis

Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Other ALECs in Plan to Save Itself
Most Americans are now convinced that climate change is real because dramatic evidence keep piling up - searing heat waves, multiyear droughts, record-setting wildfires, unprecedented tornadoes and Biblical floods.

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Feeling the Heat
Still don't believe in climate change? Then you're either deep in denial or delirious from the heat.

Texas Activists Move Toward Tar Sands Blockade
Texas climate justice activists are prepared to use nonviolent, direct action to block the Keystone XL pipeline's construction.

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And You Thought It Would Be Easy? Graduating the Class of 2012 Onto Our Overheated Planet
Letu2019s admit something else about the heat today, as you bake under your graduation gowns: whether or not you have the figures at your fingertips, whether or not you …

Do the Koch Brothers Determine Our Energy Dependence?
Ever since President Roosevelt signed an oil agreement with Saudi Arabia in 1945, our fraught relationships in the Middle East have been driven by our militarized dependency on their …

Exclusive: Interview With Chris Hayes
"The tragic irony of the Obama years so far is that he inherited a country that was entering a crisis that the meritocracy produced, one that's bigger than the …

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Scott Walker and Ted Kaczynski in the Heartland
Now that he has survived a historic recall battle, what is next on Governor Scott Walker's agenda? On August 9 of this year, Walker will be the keynote speaker …

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Climate Scientists Lament a Nation Stuck on the Wrong Debate
While the national climate debate is fixed on whether Earth is warming, climate scientists are focused on understanding how bad it will be.

The Real Reason the Military Is Going Green
Big Oil is a big risk for national security. Can our militaryu2014the world's No. 1 oil guzzleru2014change the politics of climate change?

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Can We Get Along Without Authorities?
Some years ago, I watched a screening of a film about Daniel Ellsberg and the release of the Pentagon Papers. The film was shown in the U.S. Capitol, and …