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As recently as 2008 the GOP acknowledged that the Earth's warming was caused by human activity, and a commitment was made to reducing the nation's long-term use of fossil fuels. By the end of President Barack Obama's first term, however, the GOP completely reversed its position.

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Toxics

‘The coal industry is back,' Trump proclaimed. It wasn't

The demise of coal-fired power plants in Arizona and Kentucky shows how the president, despite promises to restore jobs, failed to counter the forces decimating the industry.
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Why America ignored its coronavirus response plan

The U.S. spent 15 years preparing for the coronavirus. Why did we handle it so badly?
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How to reverse course on Trump's environmental damage

The next president can undo some of the recent efforts to weaken environmental protections. But it’ll take work.
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Justice

Obama and the beach house loopholes

Although Hawaii has laws meant to preserve disappearing shorelines, beachfront property owners have been able to bypass them. That’s what happened at an expansive coastal estate officials say the Obamas will live in.
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Biodiversity

To save the hemlock, scientists turn to genetics, natural predators

A tiny aphid-like insect known as hemlock woolly adelgid has been devastating the trees since the 1970s.
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Climate

Marine heat wave along East Coast may intensify Hurricane Isaias

Warm waters from a marine heat wave are a major concern with Hurricane Isaias forecast to ride up the eastern seaboard.
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Climate

E.P.A. Inspector General to investigate Trump’s biggest climate rollback

The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog said Monday it had opened an investigation into the agency's weakening of Obama-era regulations that would have limited automobile emissions by significantly raising fuel economy standards.

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Climate

Indigenous people face a tragedy in the Amazon during the COVID-19 pandemic

It is time for the international community to center the health and well-being of indigenous people.
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Racism derails our attempts to fight the climate crisis

Stopping climate change is hard enough, but racism only makes it harder.
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Coronavirus: Hurricanes present a dangerous scenario amid the pandemic: Stay at home or risk infection? - The Washington Post

As Tropical Storm Cristobal heads to the Gulf Coast, emergency management officials urge people to evacuate when needed, despite the inherent virus risks.
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Toxics

Green groups sue over Trump rollback of Obama-era waterway protections

Two separate coalitions of environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging a rollback of protections for the nation’s waterways.
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Greens urge Joe Biden to ditch adviser Larry Summers

Climate activists and other liberal groups are demanding that Joe Biden sever ties with informal campaign adviser Larry Summers, a deregulatory figure of the Clinton and Obama administrations whom they view as an obstacle to progressive reform.
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Justice

Trump school nutrition rule struck down

A federal district judge has ruled that the Agriculture Department’s regulation easing sodium and whole-grain standards in school meals violated regulatory law.
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Court rolls back rollback

A federal court overruled the Trump administration's 2018 decision to suspend an Obama-era rule that restricted the use of hydrofluorocarbons, which are potent greenhouse gases.

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