4/8/2020: Trump weakens fuel economy standards, rolling back key U.S. effort against climate change - Olympics Cancellation

Today's Article: Trump weakens fuel economy standards, rolling back key U.S. effort against climate change
From: The Los Angeles Times
Readability Score: 14.1

President Trump's EPA has relaxed some tough auto emission standards from the Obama administration. Instead of hitting 5% efficiency improvement each year, automakers will now be given a more modest goal of 1.5% annually. Is this a good or bad decision? Who gains, and who loses? Today's article will provide arguments for both; it is also useful as an analysis of objectivity in reporting.

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Readability Score: 8.1

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8/29/2019: Greta Thunberg's sailing adventure no pleasure cruise - The return of the zeppelin?

Today's Article: Greta Thunberg's sailing adventure no pleasure cruise
From: AP News
Readability Score: 10.6

Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg of Sweden has gotten global attention for her protests against climate change. Now she's traveling to a New York conference, but she wants to be as carbon-free as possible. Enter Pierre Casiraghi of Monaco, who has offered her a berth on his small racing yacht. Is this brilliant? Or bogus? Check it out!

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Today's Alternate Article: The return of the zeppelin?
Readability Score: 9.5

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8/9/2019: Give Up Your Gas Stove? Banning Gas Is The Next Climate Push - 9/11 compensation fund extension - not unanimous

Today's Article: Give Up Your Gas Stove? Banning Gas Is The Next Climate Push
From: NPR
Readability Score: 9.8

California city to ban Natural Gas in new buildings and homes. State touts "green" energy alternatives in order to cut carbon emissions in search of a carbon neutral environment. Might there be unintended consequences?

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Readability Score: 7.5

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10/10/2018: Less snow prompts push to lengthen Grand Canyon visit season - The Problem With Free Pizza

Today's Article: Less snow prompts push to lengthen Grand Canyon visit season
From: AP
Readability Score: 12.0

We've heard quite a bit about the dangers of global warming. Is it possible there could also be some benefits? One tourist site sees potential for economic growth in the changing weather. Like many issues, perhaps there are multiple perspectives to consider.

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Readability Score: 7.1

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11/20/2017: Why China Wants to Lead on Climate, but Clings to Coal (for Now) - North Korean soldier, shot and wounded, defects to South

Today's Article: Why China Wants to Lead on Climate, but Clings to Coal (for Now)
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 11.5

Barely a month ago...President Xi Jinping of China promised that his country would take a “driving seat in international cooperation to respond to climate change.”

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Readability Score: 9.8

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11/13/2017: Inseparable: Ten Years Joined At The Head - Certain And Confident: Predicting The Future In A Climate-Changing World

Today's Article: Inseparable: Ten Years Joined At The Head
From: CBC
Readability Score: 8.2

Hogan Twins Share A Brain And See Out Of Each Other’s Eyes

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Readability Score: 9.0

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9/12/2017: India Banned Cash to Fight Corruption. It Didn't Work - Seas Rise, Trees Die: Climate Change Before Your Eyes

Today's Article: India Banned Cash to Fight Corruption. It Didn't Work
From: Fortune (Bloomberg)
Readability Score: 9.9

Gifting of land, houses, luxury watches and sponsoring expensive travel abroad are now the preferred bribes as tax authorities clamp down on high value cash transactions.

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Today's Alternate Article: Seas Rise, Trees Die: Climate Change Before Your Eyes
Readability Score: 9.4

Efforts are underway worldwide to determine exactly how quickly the creation of ghost forests is increasing. But scientists agree the startling sight of dead trees in once-healthy areas is an easy-to-grasp example of the consequences of climate change. 

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2/14/2017: How World Leaders Were Duped Into Investing Billions Over Manipulated Global Warming Data - Lamar Smith Tried To Make A Big Deal Out Of A Fake Climate Scandal

Today's Article: How World Leaders Were Duped Into Investing Billions Over Manipulated Global Warming Data
From: Daily Mail
Readability Score: 12.5

The Mail on Sunday today reveals astonishing evidence that the organisation that is the world’s leading source of climate data rushed to publish a landmark paper that exaggerated global warming and was timed to influence the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.

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Today's Alternate Article: Rep. Lamar Smith Tried To Make A Big Deal Out Of A Fake Climate Scandal
Readability Score: 14.1

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9/26/2016: Governor Brown Signs Sweeping Legislation to Combat Climate Change - New Jersey Dad's Heartbreaking School Photo Highlights Son's Loneliness

Today's Article: Governor Brown Signs Sweeping Legislation to Combat Climate Change
From: Los Angeles Times
Readability Score: 12.5

California will become a petri dish for international efforts to slow global warming under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown...

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Today's Alternate Article: New Jersey Dad's Heartbreaking School Photo Highlights Son's Loneliness
Readability Score: 8.6

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2/9/2016: Obama to Propose a $10-a-Barrel Fee on Oil - "I Was Being a Parent": Father Found Not Guilty After Taking Away Daughter's iPhone

Today's Article: Obama to Propose a $10-a-Barrel Fee on Oil (12.6)
From: New York Times

The proposal to further increase costs for fossil fuel production is part of a broader effort by Mr. Obama to fight climate change.

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Today's Alternate Article: 'I Was Being a Parent': Father Found Not Guilty After Taking Away Daughter's iPhone (8.0)

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11/10/2015: Citing Climate Change, Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline - 5 Things To Know About the Keystone XL Pipeline

Today's Article: Citing Climate Change, Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline (12.7)


From: New York Times
President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline...

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