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Politics

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

  • Should cyclists follow all the laws?

    Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:36 PM by Shea Gunther

    Should people on bikes have to follow all the same rules that car drivers do? Have you ever run a red on your bike?

  • Calling it in: Coal lobby's fraudulent phone calls

    Mon, Aug 10, 2009 11:27 AM by Shea Gunther

    How long has the ACCCE -- the coal-funded spin shop recently caught lying to members of Congress -- been practicing the dark side of lobbying?

  • MNN week in review

    Sat, Aug 08, 2009 11:24 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Aug. 2-8.

  • Big Coal plays dirty

    Wed, Aug 05, 2009 7:46 PM by Shea Gunther

    In an effort to scuttle last months successful vote on the Waxman Markey climate change bill, a "clean coal" lobby forged letters to Congress.

  • MNN week in review

    Fri, Jul 31, 2009 11:13 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of July 26-Aug 1.

  • Climate change bill gets Auto Tuned

    Mon, Jul 27, 2009 10:07 PM by Shea Gunther

    Auto Tune the News is the hottest thing in funny Internet videos and it makes the news sing. Check out their spin on the climate change bill.

  • MNN week in review

    Sat, Jul 25, 2009 8:20 AM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of July 19-25.

  • Green vs Greener: It's catching on

    Thu, Jul 23, 2009 1:04 PM by Shea Gunther

    The language of environmentalism is important-- what's the difference between "green" and "greener"?

  • Drill, baby, drill: Palin spends last days in office Twittering about oil

    Thu, Jul 23, 2009 12:03 PM

    As the seas of controversy - and climate change - rise around her, Sarah Palin spends her time Tweeting about oil and the ANWR.

  • MNN week in review

    Fri, Jul 17, 2009 12:11 PM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of July 12-18.

  • Oh, the irony: Swift boat funder Pickens blogging for The Huffington Post

    Tue, Jul 14, 2009 5:13 PM

    Billionaire oilman has greenwashed his reputation enough to write for a notoriously liberal blog despite funding the Swift Boat campaign.

  • 8 pro-climate-bill GOP representatives face backlash

    Mon, Jul 13, 2009 4:50 PM

    Republican representatives who voted for the Waxman-Markey climate bill become targets of attacks from their own party members.

  • MNN week in review

    Fri, Jul 10, 2009 5:51 PM

    Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of July 5-11.

  • Greenpeace unfurls climate banner over Mt. Rushmore

    Wed, Jul 08, 2009 2:13 PM by Michael d'Estries

    Organization urges President Obama to act on global warming.

  • EPA attorneys criticize Obama nominee

    Tue, Jul 07, 2009 1:29 PM by ProPublica.org

    Obama's pick to head the DOJ's environmental division would have to recuse herself in cases involving GE, one of the big players in the fight over Superfund law.

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