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Flooding is on the rise in the Midwest, and we’re totally unprepared
New research shows Midwest flooding has become more frequent over the last 50 years -- so now the government is scrambling to get a risk management plan in order.
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Scientists are pretty nervous about geoengineering
The most comprehensive study to date on geoengineering says we probably shouldn't do it -- at least not yet.
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So can we really feed the world? Yes — and here’s how
Nathanael Johnson spent six months asking if we could support small farmers, protect the planet, and end hunger. This is what he learned.
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Who needs Keystone when you could build a tar-sands pipeline through Alaska?
The oil industry and its political lackeys are cooking up a new scheme to get Alberta's oil to coastal ports.
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Will San Francisco’s water snobs drink from the gutter?
California's persistent drought has led San Francisco to take a second look at its long-neglected underground streams and springs.
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Naomi Klein on how to build a more kick-ass climate movement
Climate activists need to team up with the anti-austerity movement, labor, transit advocates, and all the other folks fighting the good fight.
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Can we green the hood without gentrifying it?
How gentrification dirties up environmental cleanups.
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Obama’s carbon rule hangs on this one legal question
The EPA's plan to reduce CO2 from existing power plants relies on an ambitious new interpretation of the Clean Air Act. Will it stand up in court?
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There’s a scary toxin in your beer can, and it isn’t alcohol
BPA is in beer cans -- even your local, small-batch, organic smoked stout.
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We need to talk about your old basement TV
By collecting old electronics instead of replacing them, we're making the energy efficiency of new devices kind of meaningless.
