As environmental advocates gear up for the upcoming Maryland General Assembly session, targeting climate change is going to be a top priority. “This is going to be the year for climate and clean energy,” said Mike Tidwell, founder and executive ...

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Climate-change agreement heads news summary that includes a lawyer's trial in China, a congressional candidate's criticism of court rulings and the future of legal news.

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is headed to Paris next week for the United Nations’ climate change conference. According to an agenda for the city’s Board of Estimates meeting on Wednesday, Rawlings-Blake, who is the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, ...

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Maryland senators voted Tuesday to increase the scope and responsibilities of the state's Commission on Climate Change, but not before Democratic and Republican lawmakers debated science and fiction.

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U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin says that addressing climate change is an urgent concern but it’s an issue that can be resolved by connecting the environment to the economy and public health.

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President Barack Obama's new climate change program may be derided by some activists as too modest, but it could still turn into a significant leap if it results in a worldwide agreement that includes China.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley is asking Marylanders to provide input on how the federal government can best assist the state in planning for and responding to climate change.

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WASHINGTON — A year after Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday to make it easier for states and local governments to respond to weather disasters. The executive order establishes a task force ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming. In a major speech at Georgetown University, Obama warned ...

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The world can surely live without so much wine; it’s the change occurring in agricultural regions that a hungry planet needs for food production that are even more worrisome.

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