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This cleantech expert lays down the facts on solar and natural gas
Jessika Trancik wants to speed up the development of clean energy technologies
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Climate change is a security threat. Make it a foreign policy priority
The Department of Defense agrees—so why aren't foreign policy officials on board yet?
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Sea levels will rise by at least 20 feet — and that’s the positive scenario
Even if the world manages to limit global warming to 2 degrees C, sea levels may still radically reshape the world’s coastline.
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There are sharks living in a volcano, and this is not a drill
Just when you think the world can't get any stranger or more surprising ... we find sharks swimming around in a volcano.
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This video game will make you care about crumbling urban infrastructure
What could be scarier than playing a structural engineer facing down collapsing bridges and backed-up sewers?
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This beautiful video of plankton eating plastic is also a little disturbing
Plastic really is everywhere.
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Enviros, Tea Partiers, and the Christian Coalition all agree: Florida needs more rooftop solar
The battle over a solar ballot amendment just keeps getting more interesting.
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It turns out Mr. Baseball is still the worst thing Tom Selleck has done
The media has been enraged about the story of Tom Selleck trucking water from a fire hydrant to water avocados. The truth is less exciting.
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Climate change is killing bees
Bees are essential for life as we know it, but we're wiping them out.
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Rick Perry stole my urbanist talking points. Too bad he doesn’t actually understand them
The presidential candidate made some surprising comments about city zoning codes recently, but he's totally missing the big picture.
