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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.

Al Gore and Jerry Brown in Paris (Michel Euler / Associated Press)

Anti-Fracking Protesters Target Jerry Brown in Paris

California Gov. Jerry Brown may think he has staked a position on the environment that will please the left, but he hasn’t gone far enough: groups that oppose fracking are targeting him in Paris on Wednesday afternoon with a protest at the Le Bourget conference site.

Chinook salmon restoration (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Drought: New Plan to ‘Save’ Salmon–and Starve Farms

California water officials introduced a tentative plan Tuesday to keep more water in Shasta Lake over the upcoming year in order to protect endangered winter-run Chinook salmon. However, the proposal is likely to infuriate farmers who may see water allocation drop, while marine scientists are skeptical the plan will be enough to save the imperiled fish.

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Robert Redford: People Are ‘Seeing Climate Change from Their Homes’

Actor Robert Redford joined world leaders, legislators, and a handful of celebrities at the Cop21 international climate change conference in Paris over the weekend, where he urged attendees to “change the momentum” to halt global warming and declared that “people are feeling climate change in their own backyard, seeing climate change from their homes.”

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Finding Fault with the Facts in the President’s Presentation in Paris

Paris, the City of Light, which earned its moniker by early on adapting natural gas to light its public spaces, hosts COP21 (the 21st Conference of the Parties)—often referred to as the UN Climate Change Conference—that aims to end the use of fossil fuels. There, more than 150 world leaders gathered under the guise of, supposedly, slowing the warming of the planet.

Jerry Brown UN Climate Paris (Michel Euler / Associated Press)

Jerry Brown Leaves Terrorism at Home to Fight it in Paris

California Gov. Jerry Brown has now left California, still reeling from the San Bernardino terror attack, and has joined the United Nations in Paris to battle what President Barack Obama and others regard as possibly the real cause of terrorism: global climate change.

November 26, 2015 shows a foggy forest on the Spanish canary island of Tenerife. The fog collection uses large canvas to trap the condensation contained in the fog, formating water droplets which are collected after flowing down the net. AFP PHOTO/ DESIREE MARTIN / AFP / DESIREE MARTIn

Carbon Dioxide Is Not Our Enemy

Beneath all the furious arguments and billion-dollar politics of the climate change debate lies a core assertion: human industry is pumping more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is raising the temperature of the Earth, in a way that will harm all living things.

Jerry Brown UN (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)

Jerry Brown Tells Californians to Live ‘Lighter’

In an interview before jetting to Paris for the UN climate change conference with a large entourage in tow, California Gov. Jerry Brown said that Californians would need to adopt a “lighter, more elegant lifestyle” to save the planet from destruction.