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When it comes to climate change, elections matter.

Hello again, I'm Orin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Climate scientists say the danger is greater than ever, but Republicans call last week's election a mandate to

roll back EPA rules against greenhouse emissions. That's the top priority of the incoming

Senate Majority Leader, and the likely Environment Committee Chair says climate change is a hoax.

First up may be the Keystone XL pipeline, as the GOP pushes issues Democratic leaders never raised

due to fears they might pass both houses of Congress.

We'll hear what else is on the agenda and how Democrats and the President might respond.

Today's talking point, awards for science worth more than twice as much

as the Nobel Prize.

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Hello again. I'm Warren Alley, back with To the Point. Republican majorities will try to reverse the president's war on greenhouse emissions and increase domestic production

of fossil fuels. We'll hear how the president and other Democrats might respond.

Today's talking point, tech tycoons gave big money to so-called breakthrough scientists that

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