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Ambre Energy’s risky bet on US coal exports
It’s not a good time to be a coal industry executive in the US. Last year, wind power made up nearly half of all new installed electricity generation, and domestic coal use is on the decline year after year. With dimming prospects at home, companies are in a race to export US coal to foreign markets. Some of […]
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Warmest Decade on Record Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes
By Janet Larsen In recent years weather events have whiplashed between the extremes of heat and cold, flooding and drought. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases—largely from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas—have loaded up in the atmosphere, heating the planet and pushing humanity onto a climatic seesaw of weather irregularities. High-temperature records […]
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Sea slug penises fall off after sex and then grow back
It's sort of like human fingernails -- you can cut a bit off and throw it away, but it'll grow back, and then you can use it to have sex with a slug.
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From Obama’s speech, four ambitious climate and energy proposals
In his State of the Union, Obama introduced four proposals to reduce carbon emissions and boost clean energy. One of them might even be possible!
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Whose SOTU response was dumber, Marco Rubio’s or Rand Paul’s? Take our poll!
Rubio argued that government can't control the weather. Paul argued that we just need to slash corporate taxes and regulations. Hard call.
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Obama: If Congress won’t act on climate change, I will
"We must do more to combat climate change," the president said in his State of the Union address, warning of more intense droughts and floods.
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The Real Japan-China Conflict
In recent months, Japan and China have blustered over disputed islands that don’t appear to have any real economic or territorial benefits for either nation. Jets have scrambled and radars locked on opposing vessels, all signs of increasing tension. But the two Asian powerhouses have now begun to argue over a shared threat that actually […]
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Obama can’t change polarization on climate change
A new poll finds that the president can sway public opinion slightly on certain issues, but on climate change, Americans' minds are already made up.
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San Francisco is turning the Bay Bridge into a giant LED light show
The annual electricity bill for the project will be an estimated $11,000. That's a lot of electricity -- but just imagine how much higher that bill would be if those 25,000 bulbs were incandescents.
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Filthy and Over-Budget? Let the Public Pay For It!
A fight over a new coal plant in Mississippi that is heating up this week offers a powerful example of the high cost of coal, both for our wallets and our health. We say it again and again, but it bears repeating. How long are we going to let the coal industry and their well-funded […]
