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Mayor de Blasio delivers remarks at the C-40 Climate conference on September 18.
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Hurricane Harvey delivered record rainfall to East Texas. Many scientists believe that climate change helped to make the storm wetter. Spencer Platt/Getty...
Did Rick Perry really just bring fossil fuels into the fight against sex assault?
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Fossil-fuel friendly tax plan spares oil, not solar or Tesla.
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