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Washington Post columnists Jonathan Capehart and Michael Gerson join William Brangham to discuss the politics of the week including the Taliban’s march across Afghanistan, the latest startling report on climate change and how to convince all Americans to get vaccinated.

Private citizen go to space and if we allow businesses to be innovative we can do the same thing with the same solutions for the environment as well. steve: tell us we are hoping to achieve at the climate caucus. >> maybe republicans to have a larger and stronger voice on the environment. a lot of young republicans vote on this issue i represent the coast of south carolina. our entire economy restaurant beautiful pristine and clean environment. our economy is tourism and hospitality so our lifes...

Private citizen go to space and if we allow businesses to be innovative we can do the same thing with the same solutions for the environment as well. steve: tell us we are hoping to achieve at the climate caucus. >> maybe republicans to have a larger and stronger voice on the environment. a lot of young republicans vote on this issue i represent the coast of south carolina. our entire economy restaurant beautiful pristine and clean environment. our economy is tourism and hospitality so our lifes...

These Republicans Are Tiptoeing Toward a Green New Deal Eleanor Clift © Provided by The Daily Beast Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos Getty If you had told climate activists a year ago that the country was on the cusp of $25 billion for electric transmission lines and a smart grid, $7.5 billion for charging stations and $3.5 billion to help weatherize the homes of low-income homeowners, they would have been ecstatic. These are the kind of big-bucks investments th...

Nick Gottlieb is a Squamish-based writer and community advocate. He is the author of Sacred Headwaters, a newsletter about the interconnectedness of global social and ecological crises, and a graduate student studying ecological design thinking at Schumacher College. SHARES The individual carbon footprint is a useful starting point for thinking about climate change, but it’s long past its expiration date, Nicholas Gottlieb writes. Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash....

How should we rethink and remake our economy? Happily, various people and organizations are starting to think about this. Last week there was a front-page article in this ­newspaper by Lindsay Kines about the work of Project Zero to create a circular economy, with supportive resolutions adopted by both Victoria and Nanaimo councils. A circular economy stands in contrast to our current linear take-make-waste ­economy, in which we obtain resources, process and use them, then send the waste a...

Legislators push to shrink Minnesotas carbon footprint to zero by 2050 Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune Gov. Tim Walz has called for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040, but a group of lawmakers want even more ambitious targets for tackling climate change in Minnesota. Legislation in the works seeks to move Minnesotas total, economywide greenhouse gas emissions dial to zero across all sectors — transportation and agriculture too, not just electricity generation — by 2050. The...

Paris addresses a vital international issue, global climate change. but it does not set a numerical target so it doesnt make any sense were going to renegotiate. this is just a brainless mantra trump has been repeating about im a great deal maker. theres no evidence of that. but hes breaking up perfectly good deals for no other reason than he can say im going to protect american sovereignty. >> congressman reid, youre also on the climate caucus. do you understand whats happening here? >> absolut...

For ukraine coming up this hour. but we begin with breaking news at the capitol. 28 democrats are just wrapping up an all-night talk-a-thon on one issue, climate change. these 30 senators, including majority leader harry reid spent about 30 hours trying to attract attention to climate change and hoping to grab the attention of swing voters. a planned event with lots of charts and pictures. senators took turns talking about natural disasters in their home states like superstorm sandy and the wi...