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Discover how politics can impact the environment, from U.N. climate talks to state legislation to local plastic bag bans.

  • Climate control fight comes to the court system

    Wed, Jan 27, 2010 8:45 PM by Katherine Butler

    Experts compare climate change lawsuits to early litigation against the tobacco industry.

  • Media Mayhem: It's time to get scrappy, Mr. President

    Mon, Jan 25, 2010 7:35 AM by Ken Edelstein

    To fulfill his promise to become the 'Climate Change President,' Obama will have to channel his inner Harry Truman.

  • MNN week in review: Glacier goof-ups and duct tape solutions

    Sat, Jan 23, 2010 8:36 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Jan. 17-23.

  • Media Mayhem: On his one year anniversary, Obama's green report card

    Mon, Jan 18, 2010 6:02 AM by Ken Edelstein

    D.C. enviro-leaders say the new president has made progress but needs to do more.

  • MNN week in review: Extreme sports and pragmatic Buddhists

    Sat, Jan 16, 2010 8:06 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Jan.10-16.

  • California doctor gets five years in prison for assaulting bicyclists

    Mon, Jan 11, 2010 1:40 PM by Shea Gunther

    Dr. Christopher Thompson will spend the next half decade in prison after being convicted of being a terrible human being.

  • Media Mayhem: Our media columnist's first annual 'Hot' or 'Not' list

    Mon, Jan 11, 2010 6:35 AM by Ken Edelstein

    What do Michael Pollan, Marc Morano, Lisa P. Jackson, nuclear energy and the climate have in common?

  • MNN week in review: Lots of snow and great green books

    Sat, Jan 09, 2010 8:32 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Jan. 3-9.

  • MNN week in review: Great Danes and vanishing places

    Thu, Dec 31, 2009 8:38 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2.

  • MNN week in review

    Fri, Dec 25, 2009 8:00 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Dec. 20-26.

  • German reporter to Sen. Inhofe: 'You're ridiculous'

    Mon, Dec 21, 2009 10:37 AM by Shea Gunther

    Climate change denier and Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe got a cool reception from the foreign press corp when he hit Copenhagen last week.

  • MNN week in review

    Sat, Dec 19, 2009 8:22 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Dec. 13-19.

  • Obama says insulation is 'sexy'

    Thu, Dec 17, 2009 1:04 PM

    Video: President Obama, speaking at a Virginia Home Depot, calls on Congress to provide new incentives for Americans to make energy-efficiency retrofits to their homes.

  • Midweek link drop: Politics, energy, and snowmen

    Wed, Dec 16, 2009 4:16 PM by Shea Gunther

    Potty training pigs saves water and cuts down on waste, Sarah Palin's not excited about the idea of debating Al Gore, and RNC Chairman Michael Steele gets confused.

  • Climate change face-off: Schwarzenegger vs. Palin

    Wed, Dec 16, 2009 3:09 PM by Shea Gunther

    Sarah Palin trades barbs with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after he criticized her anti-science stance on global warming.

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