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'Global warming' gets a rebranding By: Erica Martinson and Jonathan Allen March 21, 2012 12:09 AM EDT Shhhh! Don’t talk about global warming! There’s been a change in climate for Washington’s greenhouse gang, and they’ve come to this conclusion: To win, they have to talk about other topics, like gas prices and kids choking on pollutants. More than two years since Democrats’ cap-and-trade plan died in Congress, the strategic shift represents a reluctant acknowledgment from environmentalists that they’ve lost ground by tackling global warming head-on. Their best bet now lies in a bit of a bait and switch: Help elect...

<p>TRUCKEE - The cycle begins with a snowfall. Out come the heavy plows, which blanket the roadways with sand after clearing away the snow.</p> <p>When the snow and ice melt in a matter of days, the same vehicles that relied on the sand for traction begin pulverizing it into smaller and smaller particles that soon shoot into the air and form yellow-brown clouds.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP)  --   With nearly twice as many "smog days" as any other state, California continues to lead the nation in dirty air, followed by Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio, an environmental group said.</p> <p>The group, which gathered data from government air quality monitoring stations across the country, said last summer there were 4,634 reported times when smog levels exceeded federal health standards, about a 10 percent increase in violations from the previous summer.</p>