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Tinfoiled again: Why Donald Trump’s climate conspiracy theory doesn’t hold up
He apparently believes in a global cabal of conniving scientists.
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Who’s Your Energy Daddy?
For now it remains large, investor-owned utilities, and ostensibly locally-focused rural cooperatives and municipal utilities. But the energy landscape of today gives me uncomfortable reminders of the Athenian tragedy by Sophocles – the Oedipus tale. John Farrell, ILSR’s Director of Democratic Energy, gave this panel presentation at the 23rd annual conference of the Society for Environmental Journalists […]
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Meet Monsanto’s newest vegetables
They sound like science fiction, but they're based in farming techniques as old as ... well, pretty much as old as civilization.
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Want proof evolution is real? Just look at creationism
From invoking astrology to legally defining "destiny," the attacks on evolution and climate science just keep on … evolving.
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Christie administration stiffed blacks and Latinos on Sandy relief money
New data shows that African Americans were more than twice as likely as whites to be rejected, while Latinos were rejected at 50 percent higher rates.
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Poll finds that Latinos overwhelmingly support climate action
A new survey finds that Latinos are concerned about global warming, and regardless of their income or party affiliation, they want progress.
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Fixing old water and gas pipelines would create far more jobs than building Keystone XL
If job creation is our primary goal, then the Keystone XL pipeline is still not the right move.
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California’s drought is kind of staggering when seen from space
Enjoy your sunny weather, Californians! Because we are clearly all gonna die.
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The News Just Keeps Getting Worse for West Virginia (and It Doesn’t Stop There)
Earlier this week my West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said the following about whether people should be drinking the water in Charleston and downstream: “It’s your decision….I’m not a scientist.” For the 300,000 people affected by the coal chemical spill from two weeks ago, I bet that’s very reassuring. Quite a profile in courage, […]
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The madding cloud: When forecasting the future, scientists’ blind spot is above them
Clouds -- or a shortage of them -- could send the climate into a tailspin. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to predict what they'll do.