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House passes health care reform, 219-212

Global Politics

On Sunday night, the Senate’s version of health care reform passed — how the bill impacts health care for many Americans.

Crafting a new climate bill

Global Politics

Palin preps for prime time

Global Politics

Red meat at the RNC

Global Politics

GOP tries to get down to business

Global Politics
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Climate legislation

Global Politics

‘Living on Earth’ reports on the global warming bill and its steep climb up Capitol Hill.

Gridlock for climate bill

Global Politics

A historic bill to cut the country’s greenhouse gases falls victim to a filibuster — ‘Living on Earth’ reports.

The World

War As an Environmental Issue

In the Connecticut Senate the war in Iraq and the environmental issues Americans face at home may be more closely tied in the eyes of voters than expected.

The World

Tribute to Senator Chafee

The environmental movement lost one of its great champions last week when Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island died of heart failure at the age of 77. Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut remembers his friend and colleague.

Democrats on the Environment, part 1

This week, our entire broadcast features a special forum for the democratic presidential candidates sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters and held at the Ackerman Grand Ballroom at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the democratic hopefuls attending were former Illinois senator Carol Moseley Braun, former Vermont governor Howard Dean, U.S. senators John […]

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