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Dark Side of Climate Change - NRDC report warns of record hot days and nights listen

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Tags: climate change, global warming, pollution, climate

2010 is on pace to be the hottest year on record. A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council asks whether the U.S. is facing its “Worst Summer Ever?” because of high temperatures not only during the day, but even at night. Florida temperatures are also breaking records this summer. Daniel Lashof is director of NRDC’s climate center.

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Veterans from Operation Free want less dependence on foreign oil listen

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Tags: climate change, climate, Iran, military, veterans

A small group of military veterans is traveling the country and taking out television ads to convince Americans to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Robin Eckstein and Matt Victoriano from Operation Free are in Tampa to stress how climate change threatens national security.

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Greenpeace slams climate change bill in House listen

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Tags: Energy, climate, Greenpeace

Last week, California Democratic Representative Henry Waxman was able, despite strong Republican opposition, to get an energy and climate bill through the House Energy and Commerce Committee that he chairs.

Instead of elation by environmental groups being pleased to see this bill get through the first of several committees in the House, there is a lot of disappointment.

Kert Davies is research director for Greenpeace USA, based in Washington. Last week, the group said on its website th...