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Why ex-military leaders are trying to stop Trump’s panel to counter climate science
This article discusses why ex-military leaders are trying to stop Trump’s panel to counter climate science. Fifty-eight former high-ranking military and intelligence officials issued a stern warning to the White House: Think twice about creating a panel to counter the government’s own findings that climate change poses a threat to national […]
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New Green Deal – articles – Schumer and Markey and some good news
This article discusses Chuck Schumer’s attempts to sidetrack the Green New Deal. The Senate leader wants to exploit progressives’ enthusiasm for the Green New Deal while pushing the proposal to the sidelines.
This article discusses how Senator Markey is trying to make the case for the Green New Deal. Senator Ed Markey […]
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Green New Deal articles
These articles discuss the Green New Deal:
Editorial cartoonists lampoon, praise Green New Deal
What’s in the Green New Deal? Four key issues to understand Science, costs and benefits, ethics and morality, and politics
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TVA defies Trump, votes to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants
This article discusses a recent decision by the TVA to shutter 2 old coal power plants.
The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors voted to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants, defying a tweet from President Trump on Monday urging the agency to keep one of them open.
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Studies (multiple): Pesticides and poisons we live with that hurt us
The following articles discuss just how pervasive chemicals are in the environment and how it is affecting our health.
PA Scientists: The Toxic Chemicals Our Agency Won’t Regulate Are Definitely in Our Drinking Water. The study is here.
Roundup (glyphosate) ‘raises risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by […]
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Four more Dem governors join alliance to uphold Paris climate goals
This article discusses why four more Democratic governors join an alliance to uphold the Paris climate goals. ‘There’s no reason for us to wait.” Some states aren’t waiting around for Congress to pass a Green New Deal to tackle climate change.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) plans to announce today that he’s joining […]
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The Green New Deal – Climate Change Denial, politics, and progressive states.
This article discusses how the Green New Deal is putting climate change denial to rest. Now Republicans have pivoted to actually talking-about-talking-about a solution.
This article discusses how some states are already working on the Green New Deal.
Green New Dealers found themselves at loggerheads last week. Members of the nascent […]
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Thousands of Teens in the Netherlands and Belgium Marched for Political Action on Climate Change
This article discusses why thousands of teens in the Netherlands and Belgium marched for political action on climate change. “We need tougher measures. The government has to act.”
A massive climate-justice demonstration took place Thursday, February 7, in the Netherlands. According to Euronews, thousands of […]
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Some GOP lawmakers are thawing on climate change
This article discusses how some politicians are waking up to climate change. Congressional Republicans seem to be thawing on climate.
Rep. Mark Meadows, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who has denied the science behind […]
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Minnesota May Join Carbon-Free States by 2050
This article discusses why Minnesota may join carbon-free states by 2050. Some lawmakers want their state to move toward 100 percent clean energy – with all electricity generated by renewable sources by 2050.
Democratic State Rep. Jamie Long is the sponsor of a new bill, House File 700, which builds […]
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