Greens confront own need for diversity

Politico: The Republican Party isn't the only political force that has a diversity problem. Environmental activists say their own movement needs to step up its game if it wants to play much bigger in Washington. The green movement dreams of pushing major bills through Congress on the scale of President Barack Obama's health care reform law and the immigration overhaul expected to begin next year. But those issues enjoy something the green movement does not: wide and deep support across key Democratic...

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