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Fossil Fuel Use Pushes Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Dangerous Territory
By Emily E. Adams Increasing global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a heat-trapping gas, are pushing the world into dangerous territory, closing the window of time to avert the worst consequences of higher temperatures, such as melting ice and rising seas. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels have […]
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Is humanity smarter than a protozoan?
New work on the Genuine Progress Indicator shows that global GDP is increasing, but global economic welfare no longer is. Can our species stop expanding before it hits limits?
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Less than 1 percent of tar-sands environmental infractions penalized
A new report out today finds that enforcement of environmental infractions by companies in the Alberta oil sands are 17 times lower than similar infractions reported to the United State’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report [PDF], authored by the environmental nonprofit Global Forest Watch, looked at more than 15 years of data on recorded environmental mishaps by oil […]
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Protecting Our Water from Coal Pollution
Think about this: Have you spent a day out on the water this summer? Swimming? Fishing? Boating? Well believe it or not, for decades, power plants have been allowed to dump toxic pollution into our nation’s waterways, with almost no limits. Coal plants have become by far the largest source of toxic water pollution in […]
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Welcome to Portage County, the fracking waste disposal capital of Ohio
A small part of Ohio has secured the ignominious honor of becoming the most successful frackwater dumping ground in the state.
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Why won’t this cat answer my questions about climate change?
Maybe having nine lives makes you a little less worried about the baking of Alaska.
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![Children in Sindh, Pakistan, play at a water pump in a village near Dadu, in Sindh, Pakistan.]()
![Children in Sindh, Pakistan, play at a water pump in a village near Dadu, in Sindh, Pakistan.]()
Pakistan’s new big threat isn’t terrorism — it’s water
Shortages of the precious resource threaten to destabilize the region even further.
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America’s wicked, deadly heat wave last week
American cities could see many more hot-weather fatalities in the decades to come, as climate change drives longer and more frequent heat waves.
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That’s the spirit: A guide to sustainable liquor
Sustainable beer and wine are fine -- but liquor is quicker. We take a hard look at the hard stuff so you can ensure your tipple isn't a Kochtail.
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How do we use electricity?
We can better understand our electricity use -- as a country and at home -- if we break it down by sector and category.
