North Korea’s threat to wage war was the No. 1 topic today when senators quizzed the head of the U.S. Pacific Command. Still, Sen. James Inhofe wouldn’t let the morning pass without a chance to attack those who think human...
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A woman covers her face with her sweater in the heavy smog in Haozhou, central China's Anhui province.
Inhofe Can’t Budge an Admiral Who Says Climate Change Matters
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Undocumented Mexican immigrants walk through the Sonoran Desert after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in this file photo in Arizona.
I’m For It. Oh, Obama’s For It Too? Then I’m Against It
A Washington Post poll out today finds that 70 percent of U.S. adults support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. That is, unless they’re told that President Barack Obama backs it. Then the percentage favoring such a move drops to...
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A woman waits for a bus in a flooded street in Miami Beach, Florida, from unusually high tides that some think are due to rising seas caused by climate change.
Range of Change: Obama to Signal Extent of Climate Push
President Barack Obama is sure to bring up climate change in the State of the Union address, energy consultants say, though there’s no consensus on how much emphasis he’ll give to the subject. “They’re going back and forth about how...
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Al Gore in Davis Guggenheim's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
Gore Warms to Obama Climate Talk
Al Gore liked what he heard today. The former vice president wrote a short entry on his blog thanking President Barack Obama for his inaugural address mention of climate change. “Obama spoke powerfully and eloquently about the critical importance of...
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A petrochemical refinery located along the Houston ship channel in Houston, Texas. Photograph by F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg
Climate Change, Obama Re-Elect: Mandate for Environmental Action?
“Winning” is everything. In politics, in particular. So says the League of Conservation Voters, celebrating the outcome of Election Day with a champagne-popping ad saying “the other side may have spent millions,” but look who won. They’re talking about clean...
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Sea ice swirls in ocean currents off the east coast of Greenland on Aug. 17, 2012, as seen by the MODIS instrument on board the Terra satellite. Greenland's ice sheet and outlet glaciers can also be seen at left.
Climate Change: Debating Point Missing in White House Debates
Three debates down (two presidential, one vice presidential), one to go, and one huge issue hasn’t been broached to any significant degree (and degree is a key word here): Climate change and global warming. The National Journal’s Jim Tankersley, in a...
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Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity members celebrate the landing of Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Heating Up
NASA’s Curiosity rover descended safely through the Martian atmosphere, a plunge labeled “7 Minutes of Terror,” and touched down early this morning at a site called Gale Crater to begin its up to two-year mission to determine whether Mars has...
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Mitt Romney during a campaign stop in Tunkhannock, Pa., April 5, 2012.
Bain’s Sustainability Contrasts With Romney’s Rhetoric
Bain & Company, the private-equity firm where Governor Mitt Romney built his career, yesterday announced it has effectively reduced its global carbon dioxide emissions to zero. A Bain press release cites Steven Tallman, a partner and head of global operations:...
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