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Mystery lung fungus: Are you at risk?
Valley fever is hard to diagnose, even harder to treat, and potentially fatal -- and the number of cases is rising dramatically.
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Who’s to blame for climate change?
A quick, animated look at at where emissions come from on our planet.
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600 Investors in South Dakota’s Premier Community Wind Project
In this episode of Local Energy Rules, ILSR’s Director of Democratic Energy, John Farrell, speaks to Brian Minish, CEO of South Dakota Wind Partners about a community wind project that attracted over 600 local investors. The project was the brainchild of four state organizations rooted in rural South Dakota–the East River Electric Cooperative, South Dakota […]
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“Everything is Connected” – The People vs. Coal Exports in the Northwest
In recent days, there were new developments in the fight against Northwest coal exports that stopped me in my tracks. Last week, the news broke that the official review of the largest proposed coal export terminal in Washington State will be unprecedented in scope, and will include not only the health and environmental effects of […]
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How much should you worry about an Arctic methane bomb?
Recent warnings that this greenhouse gas could cost us $60 trillion have received widespread publicity. But many scientists are skeptical.
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The Keystone XL pipeline is ACTUALLY a bunch of solar panels! Who knew?!?!
I wish this deceptive, manipulative ad were surprising rather than fitting into a larger pattern of deception that has characterized this project. The truth is that America doesn’t need this oil; fossil fuel companies need it. And they’re betting on Americans being fooled easily by shameless ploys.
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Steve King insults climate scientists and religious Americans simultaneously
The GOP rep from Iowa, most recently in the news for his "calves the size of cantaloupes" comment, turns his eloquence to the topic of climate change.
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The REINS Act shows, again, just how f’ing crazy the House GOP is
The House GOP passed a bill that would fundamentally change the balance of power within the federal government and cripple the ability of the government to regulate. Ho hum.
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2012: A year of broken climate records
Hot air, rising seas, and other findings from NOAA's latest State of the Climate report.
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Climate change pushing marine life towards the poles, says study
Marine species, more than land-based ones, are altering their breeding, feeding, and migration patterns as they chase climates they can survive in.
