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Droughts push beef prices to record highs
Mo' drought, moo problems. Hamburger and sirloins are more expensive than ever, and a shortage of cattle means a surplus of tumbleweeds.
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This is the sweetest, mushiest bike map you’ve ever seen
Vincent Meertens and his girlfriend Larissa tracked all their bike trips for a year.
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California’s drought plan will screw the environment
The state is taking radical steps to preserve its dwindling supplies of water. Wildlife will pay the price, and so will people who fish.
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World Wind Power Poised to Bounce Back after Slowing in 2013
By J. Matthew Roney At the end of 2013, the wind farms installed in more than 85 countries had a combined generating capacity of 318,000 megawatts, which would be enough to meet the residential electricity needs of the European Union’s 506 million people. New data from the Global Wind Energy Council show that wind developers […]
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The brutally dishonest attacks on Showtime’s landmark climate series
An error-riddled hit-job op-ed in The New York Times blasts Showtime’s new series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously." Here's why the op-ed is wrong.
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Climate change just reshaped America’s wildfire strategy
Thanks in part to global warming, America's forest fire problem is growing ominously. The Obama administration has a new plan to cope.
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Ask Umbra: How do I wipe out a yard full of weeds?
A reader says her yard has turned into a little shop of horrors. Umbra helps her seymour of the forest through the weeds.
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Even “green” K-Cups kinda suck for the environment
The new "EcoCup," billed as a green K-Cup alternative, is recyclable -- but not all that recyclable.
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Oil companies would rather let trains explode than cooperate with feds
The petroleum industry said it would share data about oil-by-rail shipments with the government to help curb accidents and spills. Except not really.
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Can celebrities and prime-time TV make Americans care about climate change?
Harrison Ford, Don Cheadle, Jessica Alba, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and more team up for "Years of Living Dangerously." Producer Dan Abbasi talks Hollywood flair and global warming.
