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GOP environmentalists hoped Trump would fight climate change, two credit-reporting firms were caught lying to consumers, the urban-rural divide increased around the world, and more.
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Making Waves: A new study in the journal Science Advances confirms that the world’s oceans have steadily for the past five decades, flying in the face of speculation by Representative Lamar Smith that similar findings from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were politically biased. The research underscores how climate change is a scientific fact—and thus solutions can and should come from both sides of the aisle. Toward that goal, a small group of GOP environmentalists is hopeful that President-elect Donald Trump—despite his ominous record of denying climate science—will pursue solutions . In the meantime, President Obama has shored up another environmental legacy: With the creation and expansion of several marine monuments, .

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