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'We don't have any choice': The young activists naming and shaming US politicians

As the election nears, young Americans are calling on US politicians to take action on climate, police brutality and immigration.

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Fracking is Trump's 'Hail Mary' against Biden

President Trump has made fracking a "Hail Mary" attack on Joe Biden in the industrial Midwest, but three weeks before Election Day, it does not seem to be working.
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Pence said Trump listens to scientists. That's a joke, right?

The vice president prevaricated on climate, as usual.
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How Joe Biden's climate plan compares to the Green New Deal

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How will climate and environmental cases fare on a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court?

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Noam Chomsky does not think the planet is doomed (yet)

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Getting warmer: Trump concedes human role in climate change

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Fact-checking the climate change claims of the first presidential debate

Trump and Biden exchanged words over climate change on Tuesday night. How many of them were accurate?
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Both parties used to love the carbon tax. So why are they giving up on it?

How American politics killed a consensus climate solution.
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Washington congressional race lays bare Democratic divide on tackling climate change

The outcome of the race will say much about what kind of Democratic Party will be confronting climate change in the years ahead.
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Kentucky’s climate is suffering. Can the state slip the industry ties that prevent change?

Mitch McConnell has long resisted climate action even as the farm and coal sectors suffer, but a growing movement could bring change.

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For Democrats, infrastructure equals fighting climate change, creating jobs

Joe Biden is putting an infrastructure proposal that calls significant green investments front-and-center in his campaign.
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Noam Chomsky’s climate crisis and the Green New Deal takes on capitalism and politics

Several books on the Green New Deal have been released in the past year or two, but none boasts a more illustrious set of authors than Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal, by Robert Pollin and Noam Chomsky.

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