A bipartisan task force that brought together environmentalists, the energy industry and others released its recommendations on Wednesday for how Wisconsin might bolster its economy while combatting climate change.

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Nestled in the hills southeast of Baraboo, Hemlock Draw is like a time capsule from Mother Nature. Descending roughly 300 feet into a gorge carved by water over millions of years, past quartzite outcrops that once stood as islands in a prehistoric sea, the oak and maple forests of southern Wisconsin give way to yellow birch, white pine and hemlock.

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The heat is on. And for most of America it'll stay on through the rest of the month and maybe longer, meteorologists say.

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With each upward degree, global warming will singe the economies of three-quarters of the world's nations and widen the north-south gap between rich and poor countries, according to a new economic and science study.

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Wisconsin Democrats defended the Obama administration's proposed carbon emission limits Wednesday in the face of mounting Republican opposition, arguing during a legislative hearing that the standards would help curb global warming, alleviate health problems and create jobs.

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The Obama administration's headway at home in the fight against global warming has helped stoke record exports of fossil fuels that are contributing to rising levels of pollution elsewhere.

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Republicans' resounding victory gives them an opportunity to push legislation that's been bottled up in the Democratic Senate, including constructing the Keystone XL oil pipeline to rolling back environmental regulations.

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Cheap and plentiful natural gas may not lead to a brighter energy future and won't slow global warming, a new study projects.

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During the past five years, as the U.S. has cut coal consumption by 195 million tons, about 20 percent of that coal has been shipped overseas, according to an analysis of Energy Department data.

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The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama administration's only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming. But the divided court also rebuked environmental regulators for taking too much authority into their own hands without congressional approval.

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