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Ice going, humanity: Arctic melting at alarming rates
There's less and less ice covering the Arctic every year, and the ice that's left is getting thinner. This is a very bad sign.
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Would Mount Everest’s first conquerors recognize it anymore?
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. But thanks to climate change, these aren't the same peaks.
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Coal is the enemy of the human race, video edition
A short animated video explains exactly why coal has got to go.
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A Big Win for Clean Air in Pennsylvania – and Nationwide!
Coal pollution contains all sorts of nasty, dangerous things, but one of the worst pollutants is sulfur dioxide. Just five minutes of exposure to sulfur dioxide can lead to respiratory problems, difficulty breathing, and contribute to lung disease. So you can imagine the sigh of relief from Pennsylvanians with this major news: The Homer City […]
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Strengthening the food chain: Farmers and workers unite, find power in numbers
The Farm Labor Reality Tour showed how a system that pits farmers and workers against each other can also unite them to work for common goals.
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Secretary Jewell: Keep Our Coal in the Ground
Protesters called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to “Keep Our Coal in the Ground” as the Department of Interior held a lease sale for 21.3 million tons of coal at the Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office today. While the BLM called this a “competitive” coal lease, as usual only one company, Blue […]
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Where greenhouse gases come from, in one graph
Check out this cool graphic that shows where climate pollution comes from, by source and sector.
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Christie to Climate: Drop Dead
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received widespread praise for his determined, and anti-partisan, work to aid his citizens in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. But when it comes to protecting his state against future extreme weather assaults, Christie morphs into another know-nothing partisan. In an interview last week on NBC’s Today, Matt Lauer pressed Christie on […]
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John Kerry’s wishful thinking on climate change
John Kerry told Ethiopians that the U.S. is below the Kyoto Protocol's greenhouse gas emissions targets. Yay! Unfortunately, that's not true. Boo!
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Winning the Climate Change Challenge
A few weeks ago, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recorded CO2 levels in the atmosphere at almost 400 parts per million. Many scientists predicted that in reaching this level, we would see more intense storms (like Hurricanes Irene and Sandy); droughts (like the one suffocating the middle of the US for the past year); […]