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U.S.-India: Dealing With Monsoon Failure
The scene plays out in India. At a reception, I met the head of Indian operations for Esso (now ExxonMobil). When I asked him how business was, he said it was great. In particular, diesel sales to fuel irrigation pumps were nearly double the previous year’s level. Why? Because farmers were pumping continuously to try […]
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Ted Cruz is right: Everyone is too fixated on Keystone XL
But that's the only thing he's right about. His new energy bill is full of terrible ideas that would endanger air and water and increase CO2 emissions.
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Catastrophe in West Virginia: Delivering Water to Prenter Holler
(This is a guest post from Steve Norris) This is a tough story to write about: the horror of contaminated water, the images of the mining families’ peoples’ faces, the children, the confederate flags, the beautiful mountains, the extreme gratitude of folks we gave water to – these are all so fresh that I can’t […]
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Olympians to world: Please get serious about climate action, thanks
More than 100 Olympic athletes have signed a statement calling for a meaningful international climate treaty. Here's hoping world leaders are listening.
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Enough is Enough: Coal Pollution Spills Reveal a Water Safety Crisis
When it comes to rivers and clean, safe water, you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Hundreds of thousands of people have learned that the hard way over recent weeks, after a dangerous coal chemical spilled into the Elk River in West Virginia’s capitol city, and then toxic coal ash from a retired […]
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Enviros threaten to sit out election over Keystone. Don’t believe them.
Green activists tend to be engaged and educated people who also care about gay rights, abortion rights, and other issues that might compel them to the polls.
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Beyond a reasonable drought: California’s dry spell could be the worst in 500 years
And why it's too late for the rain.
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Food desert mirage: Better groceries may not bring better health
A hard look at the effort to bring fresh food to the urban poor suggests that it may not be an effective way to improve their lives.
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There’s no “warming pause” — trade winds are burying heat in the Pacific
New research helps explain why excess heat is being absorbed into the ocean: big-ass winds.
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Good news: Most Americans want climate action. Now for the bad news …
Clear majorities are concerned about climate change and favor action to mitigate it, a new poll finds. But Republican politicians just don't care.