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Fracking chemicals could mess with your hormones
Chemicals commonly used by frackers can have negative effects on the thyroid and other bodily systems, new research suggests.
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A beetles invasion threatens your cup of coffee
Invading heat-happy bugs in India are destroying your most culturally acceptable addiction.
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Climate action could spur $2 trillion in economic growth in 2030 alone
Fighting global warming can spur GDP growth, not hamper it, says the World Bank in a new study.
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How to not lose your shirt when the climate goes bust
Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, and Hank Paulson give the thinking businessperson a handy guide to how bad climate change is for business -- and how urgently we must act.
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These maps show how many brutally hot days you will suffer when you’re old
Climate change can be a tough issue to care about at the daily level -- but the prospect of sweating profusely through your golden years? That's more arresting.
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We just had the hottest May on record (until next May)
April showers bring May flowers, which immediately burst into flame.
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Organic farming is so much harder than just getting stoned and picking tomatoes
"A Farm Dies Once a Year" offers an unretouched look at growing up on an iconic organic farm -- along with some hope for the movement's future.
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Why the locavore movement’s next big step is seafood
With his new book, "American Catch," writer Paul Greenberg calls for a local revolution that will move from the land to embrace the local oceans as well.
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Thanks to shrinking sea ice, National Geographic puts global warming on the map
A smaller Arctic ice shelf is the biggest change National Geographic cartographers have made since they had to divvy up the U.S.S.R.
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The hidden angles of the debate over beach access
When The New York Times invited experts to weigh in, they left climate change out -- and a lot else as well.
