On the Brink: Climate Change Endangers Common Species
A wide variety of plants and animals are likely to become much less common if something isn't done to avert the worst effects of a warming climate, new research suggests. Full story
Clinton announces Latin America initiative
The Clinton Global Initiative is taking its formula of a powerhouse gathering of global leaders to a new part of the world. Full story
Most Americans Blame Global Warming for Extreme Weather
More than half of Americans think global warming is affecting weather in the United States, according to a new nationally representative survey that measures the pulse of American sentiment on climate change. Full story
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Lawmaker says Bible proves climate change is false
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tx., who made headlines for apologizing to BP after the gulf oil spill, now claims the Bible proves that climate change isn't real.
Winds of war growing over Keystone XL Pipeline
Caught between a shale rock and a hard place – will President Obama give the go ahead or oppose the project? Michael Brune from The Sierra Club joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
Punxsutawney Phil in legal hot water
A prosecutor in Ohio is looking to throw the book at forecasting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil for "misrepresentation of spring." But the tongue-in-cheek indictment sheds a more serious light on the actual human beings who should be held accountable for not acting on climate change.
Republican reversal on science, energy, puts US at disadvantage
Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey, a nuclear physicist who beat IBM's computer at Jeopardy, talks with Rachel Maddow about the difficulty of the US addressing the causes and consequences of global climate change when Republicans are so opposed to helping they're actually working against their own
EPA pick McCarthy may increase debate on climate change and the economy
Bill Nye the Science Guy and Independent Women’s Forum’s Sabrina Schaeffer debate the effect that a stronger push to fight climate change has – or does not have – on the economy.
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