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Sarah Laskow, The Media Consortium: 'The most recent debates over off-shore drilling, oil profits, and oil subsidies are just one front in the long war to preserve the environment and push back against climate change. There are strategies available here that have yet to be deployed. At Grist, David Roberts offers four that could help fight climate change: put a price on carbon; deploy existing clean energy technology on a much more massive scale; invest large amounts of money in research and development; and invest in infrastructure. As far as these four policy proposals go, he says, right now, 'The US is doing all of them poorly,' and he does not believe that it is possible any more to reverse climate change.'

http://www.truth-out.org/house-republicans-push-renewed-offshore-drilling/1304701457

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NASA Scientist Helps Teens Sue Government over Climate Change

The suit is based on the Public Trust Doctrine, a long-standing legal doctrine that states it is the government s duty to protect the resources that are essential for our collective survival and prosperity, such as rivers, groundwater, or in this case, atmosphere, according to Our Children's Trust, a nonprofit advocacy organization behind the litigation.

http://www.livescience.com/14072-climate-change-lawsuit-public-trust-youth.html


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Informant: Martin Weatherall



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