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Jerry Brown climate change (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)

Jerry Brown: Another Energy Conflict of Interest

The web of potential conflicts of interest associated with Jerry Brown widened with news that the California governor’s sister is a paid board member of America’s largest natural gas utility–which is leaking 500,000 metric tons of CO2 a month.

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Obama’s Useful Idiot Jonathan Chait Declares Paris Climate Talks a Massive Success

Sometimes I wonder how the left can remain so woefully ill-informed on the subject of climate change. Then I read articles like this piece of complete Chait that one of America’s leading liberal commentators has just produced for New York magazine and all becomes clear: because ‘progressive’ journalists who write about the environment don’t do research or due diligence — only fluffy sentiment and green propaganda

Rally In Los Angeles Calls For Action Against Climate Change

With Paris Climate Conference Complete, What’s Next and What Does It Cost?

Recently, the Sierra Club announced an effort “to prevent the extraction of fossil fuels right from the start,” a campaign known as “Keep it in the ground.” The plan seeks to “shut down coal mines, and crack down on hydraulic fracturing, along with stopping the transportation of fossil fuels in oil trains, pipelines and coal export terminals.”

John Kerry at climate change talks (Francois Mori / Associated Press)

Climate Change Deal Is a Threat to U.S. Sovereignty

The UN climate change deal reached last week between nearly 200 countries is a direct attack on U.S. sovereignty. It was crafted explicitly to evade the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that treaties must be ratified by a two-thirds majority of the Senate to take effect.

United States Senator Edward Markey speaks at the Dedication Ceremony at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on March 30, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

Sen. Ed Markey: 39 Years of Voting ‘Present’

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-MA, has long labored in the shadows of the Bay State statesmen who preceded him, but Tuesday the Congressional lifer managed something few solons from Massachusetts or anywhere else have ever accomplished.

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Paris Climate Talks Run Over amid Disputes

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — High-stakes climate talks outside Paris are dragging into an extra day as diplomats try to overcome disagreements over how – or even whether – to share the costs of fighting climate change and shift to clean energy on a global scale.

A woman sits next to an animal display aspeople attend the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference at Le Bourget, on the outskirts of Paris, on December 10, 2015. / AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read

The Zombie Apocalypse, Climate, and COP 21

How can you have a debate about climate, when the topic of the debate is out of bounds of polite conversation? At lunch I noted to colleagues that most (but not all) journalists seemed to disappear from the scientific session, and the zombies had wandered off to seek other brains to devour. Science seemed not to be the topic of interest, even when science was the actual topic.