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'The three climateers' represent a new type of climate hawk on Capitol Hill

'The three climateers' represent a new type of climate hawk on Capitol Hill

Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are relatively young — at least by Senate standards — and also come from parts of the country that are facing different climate disasters.
Fed joins climate network, to applause from the left
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Fed joins climate network, to applause from the left

The central bank joined a network of global financial regulators focused on climate risk. The response to the move underlined its tricky politics.
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Senate Democrats map out climate change strategy

Senate Democrats have released a more than 200 page climate plan that they're billing as a roadmap for what they'll do if they can take back the majority after this year's election.

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Powell told Congress Fed is preparing for economic 'damage' from climate change
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Powell told Congress Fed is preparing for economic 'damage' from climate change

The Federal Reserve has taken steps to ensure that banks and other financial institutions affected by a changing global climate will be protected from undue financial burden, Chairman Jerome Powell says.
Sen. Schatz: Democrats are right on climate change
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Sen. Schatz: Democrats are right on climate change

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) joins Ali Velshi to discuss the Green New Deal and why Democrats will call for more action on climate change as they campaign for 2020.
Jake Kornack: The rich can survive on a polluted planet, the poor cannot — a carbon tax is the great equalizer

Jake Kornack: The rich can survive on a polluted planet, the poor cannot — a carbon tax is the great equalizer

Creating an economy that works for all of us starts by establishing a universal right to environmental equality.
Nominee to lead NASA is out of step with mainstream climate science
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Nominee to lead NASA is out of step with mainstream climate science

Another Trump administration nominee to lead a major science agency danced around the topic of human-caused global warming, going just far enough to avoid seeming like a rabid climate denier, while remaining out of step with mainstream climate research findings.

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