Belief in Global Warming Drops After Cold Winter
After an especially cold winter across much of the United States, the American public was slightly less convinced that the planet is heating up, a new survey shows. Full story
New climate strategy coming within weeks: Obama adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday. Full story
Religions seen slow to go green; Pope has chance to inspire
OSLO (Reuters) - Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross. Full story
Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental Policy Act. Full story
Hudson River communities receive planning grants
New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded three grants totaling $170,000 for task forces in Hudson River estuary communities to prepare for sea-level rise and waterfront flooding related to climate change. Full story
Living in an era of extreme weather
How much does climate change factor into the intensity of tornadoes? How is population growth in areas where tornadoes are likely to strike making tornado impact that much worse? The Dot Earth blog's Andrew Revkin joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
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Policy problems plague the GOP
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd takes a "deep dive" look into the future of the GOP party, specifically looking at the policy side of the rework looking at the GOP’s views of the economy and the environment. The National Journal’s Coral Davenport and Nancy Cook join to discuss.
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
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