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    Democrats are reaching farmers with an exciting message: green agriculture | Art Cullen

    Every leading Democratic candidate supports a form of conservation that can reduce greenhouse gases and create jobs in rural America Something you might have missed amid all the horserace and app-failure coverage of the Iowa caucuses: a deep discussion took place over the past year about the climate crisis and agriculture that could change the […] More

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    Trump finalizes plans to open Utah monuments for mining and drilling

    Lawsuits are pending from groups who have challenged the constitutionality of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Plans finalized on Thursday for two national monuments in Utah downsized by Donald Trump would ensure that lands previously off-limits to energy development will be open to mining and drilling. The move comes despite pending lawsuits from conservation, […] More

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    The Clean Water Act was a staggering bipartisan achievement. Now Trump is gutting it | Blan Holman

    The Clean Water Act was a staggering bipartisan achievement. Now Trump is gutting it This is the single largest loss of clean water protections that America has ever seen – and the timing couldn’t be worse ‘The administration’s redefinition would leave millions of acres open for destruction – wetlands that buffer communities from storms, serve […] More

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    Donald Trump and Elon Musk Invent the Wheel

    No one can claim that US president Donald Trump lacks empathy for at least some of the downtrodden. Interviewed by CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump responded to a question about Elon Musk. Given all that Musk has been through in recent times, Trump acknowledges that the poor fellow deserves the pity […] More

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    The Countries Addicted to Coal

    Scott Morrison is the prime minister of Australia. Over the past few months, parts of his country have gone up in flames. Hundreds of homes have been lost in widespread bushfires, and a number of Australians have lost their lives in the inferno. Apparently, the catastrophe at home did not trouble the prime minister. He spent his vacation […] More