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TV meteorologist

In hurricane-prone Miami, one meteorologist is forecasting the future

Environment

John Morales was one of the first TV meteorologists to start talking about how climate change will impact his audience. Intense weather hit close to home this fall, as Hurricane Maria struck his home island of Puerto Rico.

Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma (c) at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Pruitt, who Donald Trump has nominated to run the Environmental Protection Agency, is a fierce critic of the EPA in general and its efforts to cut c

With Trump’s EPA pick, the prospects for stopping dangerous global warming just got a lot cooler

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Kong Ning wears a wedding dress decorated with 999 face masks for her performance art work 'Marry the blue sky' as she poses for a photograph in front of the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters on a hazy day in Beijing November 19, 2014.

China quashes debate on viral documentary on air pollution

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The World

Ten Years After Bush v. Gore, Imagining a Different Outcome

Global Politics

U.S. students compete to improve environment — and win trip to Costa Rica

Environment

Voting underway across the country as Americans choose between Romney, Obama

Global Politics

President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are in the final phases of their campaign. Voters across the country are not just choosing a president though, they’re electing Senators and school board members and weighing in on constitutional issues as well.

Romney looking for campaign cash during overseas trip

Global Politics

Mitt Romney is on his first international trip as presumptive Republican presidential nominee. As part of his trip, particularly in London, he’s hosting fundraising dinners for Americans living abroad.

At Rio+20 Summit, little actual disappointment over lack of progress

Environment

As the global economic crisis has consumed more and more time and attention, focus on the global warming crisis has waned. So it wasn’t surprising when President Barack Obama chose not to attend the Rio+20 conference this week in Brazil, and it also was unsurprising when there was little progress reported there.

Lawrence Bender’s take on ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Arts, Culture & Media

‘Basterds’ producer Lawrence Bender on working with Quentin Tarantino and whether getting to kill Hitler on film is considered a ‘mitzvah.’

Stories behind our food

Arts, Culture & Media

The new film “Food Inc” attempts to show Americans the stories behind the food on their plates.