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Ed Markey Calls Climate Change A Threat To All Human Life
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) sees climate change as a threat. A big threat.…
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News and analysis on climate change, including environmental policy, energy, emissions, scientific research, legislation, economic impacts, and the political debate over climate and environmental issues.
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Ed Markey Says U.S. Can’t Be Climate Hypocrites
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) doesn't think the United States is in a position to tell other countries…
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Democratic Presidential Hopeful Uses Words ‘Climate Change’ 21 Times During Speech in New Hampshire
Pro-carbon-tax Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee has brought his message about climate change to New Hampshire, site of the first…
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ExxonMobil blasts Healey in new court filing, nets support of 11 other state AGs
BOSTON — The ongoing feud between Attorney General Maura Healey and ExxonMobil escalated Friday, as the oil giant fired back again with a…
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ExxonMobil calls Healey’s actions ‘indefensible, partisan and unconstitutional’
DALLAS — Calling Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's actions " indefensible, partisan and unconstitutional," attorneys representing ExxonMobil have taken to…
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Massachusetts full-court press vs ExxonMobil on climate change
BOSTON — A powerhouse trio of liberal Massachusetts women are taking aim at ExxonMobil, with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren firing off a…
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Healey widens probe into climate skeptics at think tanks
BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is the latest state prosecutor to start investigating conservative groups with supposed ties to ExxonMobil, after…
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UMass dumping fossil fuels cheers greens but may prove costly
BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts became the first major public university system in America to completely divest fossil fuel-related investments, a…
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Senators seek to end prosecutorial pursuit of climate skeptics
WASHINGTON – Five Republican senators have asked U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to "immediately cease" using law enforcement resources to…
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Trump cites ‘global warming’ when it helps him
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump invoked the threat of "global warming" in a bid to build another huge wall, this time…
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Portland, OR, bans textbooks questioning ‘climate crisis’
(CNSNews.com) — The Portland, Oregon Public Schools (PPS) board unanimously approved a resolution removing materials from schools that could cast doubt on…
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Greenhouse gas cuts fail to meet law’s demands, court rules
BOSTON (AP) — The state's highest court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and sided with environmental groups that sued…
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Subpoena in Exxon case may be dropped against nonprofit
U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker told a libertarian think tank in Washington that he would withdraw a subpoena slapped…
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MIT hosts lecture tying global warming to Islamophobia
CAMBRIDGE — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a lecture Monday that went where few lectures have gone before: the intersection of Islamophobia…
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Climate change bullies
Declaring the need for "transformational" action on climate change as a settled question, Virgin Islands' Attorney General Claude Earl…
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Paris climate accord signed by 175 nations at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leaders from at least 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal took…
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GOP senators target taxpayer funding for Kerry’s UN climate change programs
(CNSNews.com) – Taking aim at one of Secretary of State John Kerry's most cherished causes, a group of Republican senators…
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Judge Planet and the Planeteers
I thought my capacity for shock at judicial activism was exhausted, but an April 8 decision by a federal judge to allow…
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Exxon challenges demand for climate-change documents
DALLAS (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. is squaring off against government investigators, including in Massachusetts, who believe the energy giant covered up knowledge…
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Attorneys General form coalition ‘to protect and expand’ climate change agenda
(CNSNews.com) – Seventeen attorney generals from around the United States have formed a coalition "to protect and expand progress the nation…
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Obama labels climate change a ‘major’ problem, but ISIS ‘not an existential threat’
(CNSNews.com) – "Groups like ISIL can't destroy us, they can't defeat us," President Obama told reporters…
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Leonardo DiCaprio praises China on climate change initiatives
BEIJING (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio praised China's work to combat climate change on a trip to Beijing on Sunday, and said…
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Divestment follies
Say something often enough — like "97 percent of climate scientists agree" — and people will tend to believe it. Add the…
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Obama says climate rule on ‘strong legal footing’
ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is very confident his administration is on "strong legal footing" in its…
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Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate…
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Climate change package passes Mass. Senate
STATE HOUSE — The state would be required to develop a climate change mitigation plan and meet new long-term carbon emission reduction…
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Climate researchers employ tool from 1800s: whaling logs
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Maritime historians, climate scientists and ordinary citizens are coming together on a project to study the logbooks of…
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Sanders unveils climate change plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is rolling out a plan to slow the effect of climate change, vowing to cut U.…
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UMass Foundation agrees to divest from coal companies
STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Foundation will divest its $770 million endowment from investments in coal companies, marking a victory for…
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Pope at White House urges action on climate change, promotes religious liberty
Following a solemn but energetic ceremony before thousands gathered on the White House South Lawn, Pope Francis spoke briefly in English, emphasizing…
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Obama paints doomsday scene of global warming in Alaska
Written by Josh Lederman ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama is painting a doomsday scenario for the Arctic and beyond if climate…
