November 6, 2012

Climate Change: What's at Stake in Today's Election

Jason Plautz, InsideClimate News


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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's last-minute endorsement of President Obama last week—released in an editorial titled "A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change"—wasn't simply a big political event. It also raised the issue of climate change to a level that hadn't been seen in the long presidential campaign.

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