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Mounties claim anti-oil activists are a threat to Canada
A classified report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warns that the "anti-Canada petroleum movement" contains "militants and violent extremists."
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Are shrooms the new pesticide?
Irish scientists have found that a little bit of fungus growing inside barley can protect the plants from pests, disease, and even climate change.
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Catholics in 45 countries are fasting for climate action
For Lent, Catholics all over the world are giving up food and carbon-intensive habits to raise awareness for climate change.
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Which underwater Boston do you like best?
As rising sea levels begin to threaten to submerge big chunks of the city, Boston holds a contest to spark novel ideas for saving some landmarks.
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New York City could be 9 degrees warmer and 39 inches wetter by 2080
And other alarming details from the city's latest climate change report.
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Now we can watch the oceans acidify in real time
This is a handy new tool for scientists, and a mesmerizing screensaver for the rest of us.
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Miami is already sinking under rising sea levels
You don’t have to look 85 years into the future to see what a warming world looks like -- you only need to look as far as Miami.
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Britain’s most powerful politicians agree fighting climate change is a jolly good idea
The leaders of the country’s three major parties signed a joint pledge to aggressively fight climate change and phase out the use of coal.
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USDA goes FBI on crooks who sell gross meat and run cons on food stamps
Sure, government swindlers and food stamp fraudsters are alarming. But we're catching a lot of them -- and, often, getting the money back.
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12 ways you and everyone you know could die
Scientists ranked humanity's worst existential threats, and guess who's at the top of the list? Our old pal, extreme climate change.