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The Trump administration has a habit of renaming government groups

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 10, 2018
Case in point: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
President Donald Trump hands his pen to the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney (front-L), after signing an executive order beside members of his cabinet in the Oval Office of the White House on March 17, 2017.
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Nobel winner Nordhaus changed terms of climate debate

by Scott Tong
Oct 8, 2018
There’s a new report out on climate change science and it’s bleak. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made up of thousands of scientists, finds the earth’s temperature has risen 1 degree Celsius — or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit — since pre-industrial times. And if we don’t keep warming under 2 degrees? Well, the oceans could rise an […]
Yale Professor William Nordhaus speaks during a press conference after winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences at Yale University on Oct. 8, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics. Who are they?

by David Brancaccio , Daniel Shin and Redmond Carolipio
Oct 8, 2018
The work of William Nordhaus focused on climate change, while Paul Romer examined tech factors in calculating economic growth.
Per Stroemberg, Goeran K Hansson and Per Krusell announce the laureates of the Nobel Prize in Economics during a press conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 8, 2018. - The Nobel Prize for Economic sciences 2018 was awarded US economists Paul M Romer and William D Nordhaus. 
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Why is this group updating the "social cost of carbon"?

by Jed Kim
Jul 18, 2018
President Trump has effectively weakened the government's calculation of the costs of carbon emissions. Others are working to make it much stronger.
A plume of exhaust extends from the Mitchell Power Station, a coal-fired power plant built along the Monongahela River, in New Eagle, Pennsylvania in 2013.
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Oil execs in meetings with pope

by Reema Khrais
Jun 8, 2018
Pope Francis has called the world’s leading oil execs to the Vatican. Meetings are today and tomorrow, and will include leaders from companies like BP and ExxonMobil. They’re gathering to talk about how their businesses can tackle climate change. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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One year after President Trump walked away from the Paris climate accord, cities rise to the challenge

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 1, 2018
Today marks one year since President Donald Trump made good on his threat to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord agreed to under the Obama administration. In response, 17 states and 2,700 mayors and business leaders have pledged to do their part to honor the deal that calls on the nation to […]
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5 ways to treat your allergies on the cheap

by Eliza Mills
May 4, 2018
Because this allergy season is longer and worse than last year.
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How the Rockefellers came to be at odds with Big Oil

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 12, 2018
Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would divest its pension funds from fossil fuels and that the city would sue the big five oil companies. The reason? To collect damages for the cost of coping with the effects of climate change on city infrastructure. The irony […]
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Not so fast: Climate change will slow air travel

by Jed Kim
Jan 1, 2018
Extreme weather means more challenges for airlines getting planes in the air. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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In new White House security agenda, climate change is not a threat

by Andy Uhler
Dec 18, 2017
One noticeable different between this White House agenda for national security, and that of the previous two administrations? This one includes zero mention of climate change as a national security threat. That may not mean funding cuts for defense or other programs that deal with climate change. But it does mean the White House is […]
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