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Global Warming and Economic Crisis Lead to One Solution: Climate Jobs
May Boeve from 350.org and Bruce Hamilton of the Amalgamated Transit Union discuss how the environmental and labor movements have united to organize the People's Climate Summit in New …
Climate Crisis Connects Us, Climate Justice Requires Unity
What do rigged corporate trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Treaty, an international climate agreement to be signed in 2015, have in common?
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A Carbon Tax Is Absolutely Essential
What do a major investment from Verizon and the melting of our polar ice caps have in common? A lot more than you may think.
Greenland Glaciers’ Rapid Melting Will Have Global Effects
May and June had the hottest global temperatures on record, according to a report from the National Climactic Data Center.
New Climate Bill Would “Shrink Government,” Award Taxpayers
PERI's James Boyce discusses how Rep. Chris Van Hollen's climate bill would limit carbon pollution by auctioning off permits to fossil fuel vendors and result in a net gain …
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Climate Change Law in New York Bridges Partisan Divide
Republicans and Democrats, environmentalists and the business community, get behind the groundbreaking bill.
Noam Chomsky | Hiroshima Day 2014
It is a near miracle that we have escaped destruction so far, and the longer we tempt fate, the less likely it is that we can hope for divine …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Lawmakers, Lobbyists Are Conspiring Against Clean Energy, and More
Lawmakers and lobbyists are conspiring against clean energy, and more.
The Politics of Going Green
Summer is in full swing, and there's news now that the world just had its hottest June on record.
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Doomsday Trigger for Megadrought?
One of the worst North American droughts in history could be getting a whole lot worse.