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"Harvard Beats Back Divestment Lawsuit, but Students Promise to Appeal" [1]

"Seven filed suit to force prestigious college to divorce its fortune and its future from fossil fuels."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [8], 03/25/2015
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Florida's Unspeakable Issue Leaves Climate Change Official Tongue-Tied [9]

"The latest victim of Florida governor Rick Scott’s unwritten ban on state officials using the words “climate change” is his own disaster preparedness lieutenant, who stumbled through verbal gymnastics to avoid using the scientific term in a newly surfaced video."

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Journalism & Media [10]
Science [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [12], 03/24/2015
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"Political Football over Climate Change Rattles Windows of Ivory Tower" [13]

"Normally, it's football that makes the big noise at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which has been playing the game since 1905, but this year, there is an uproar in the school's small earth science department. Two out of 34 climate scientists are being probed by members of Congress—amazingly, by both Republicans and Democrats."

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Science [11]
Public [6]
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Source: ClimateWire [14], 03/24/2015
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"Science Museums Urged to Cut Ties With Kochs" [15]

"Dozens of climate scientists and environmental groups are calling for museums of science and natural history to 'cut all ties' with fossil fuel companies and philanthropists like the Koch brothers."

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Science [11]
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Source: NY Times [16], 03/24/2015
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"BP Drops Out of Conservative ALEC Policy Group" [17]

"Oil company BP said on Monday it has stopped supporting conservative political group ALEC, becoming the latest corporation to end its membership in a group critics say works to deny the existence of climate change."

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Source: Reuters [18], 03/24/2015
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"Can Cruz Win the Oil Primary?" [19]

"Even in a strongly pro-fossil-fuel GOP presidential field, Ted Cruz stands out for his devotion to his home-state oil industry and its agenda."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Politics [4]
Science [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Politico [20], 03/24/2015
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Climate-Sceptic US Senator Given Funds By BP Political Action Committee [21]

"One of America’s most powerful and outspoken opponents of climate change regulation received election campaign contributions that can be traced back to senior BP staff, including chief executive Bob Dudley."

Climate Change [2]
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Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
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Source: Guardian [22], 03/23/2015
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Coal: When Legally Liable, Companies Don't Dispute Global Warming" [23]

"U.S. coal companies that are publicly skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory financial disclosures the widely accepted scientific link between fossil fuel emissions and a warming planet, a Greenwire analysis has found."

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Source: Greenwire [24], 03/20/2015
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"McConnell Urges States to Help Thwart Obama’s ‘War on Coal’" [25]

"Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has begun an aggressive campaign to block President Obama’s climate change agenda in statehouses and courtrooms across the country, arenas far beyond Mr. McConnell’s official reach and authority."

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Source: NY Times [26], 03/20/2015
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House Energy Committee Wants To Undercut The EPA’s Coal Ash Regulations [27]

"A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee debated Wednesday whether to undercut the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s rule on disposing of coal ash, a toxic byproduct of burning coal. The debate came just a day before the Sierra Club announced a new lawsuit against Dominion Power over coal ash pits leaking into the Elizabeth River, 25 miles outside Virginia Beach."

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Source: Climate Progress [29], 03/20/2015
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