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Games changer: Can the U.S. win golds with no snow?

If we continue to crank up the heat, there will be no skiing at all in Park City, Utah, by the end of the century. In an average year, there will be no snow.

Greg Hanscom Culture

Now you can buy a .bike domain for your cycling site

Without the right top-level domain, how would you know that mooncycle.com wasn't a site about menstruation?

Holly Richmond Culture

Beyond a reasonable drought: California’s dry spell could be the worst in 500 years

And why it's too late for the rain.

Alex Park & Julia Lurie Climate & Energy

Food desert mirage: Better groceries may not bring better health

A hard look at the effort to bring fresh food to the urban poor suggests that it may not be an effective way to improve their lives.

Nathanael Johnson Cities

Maryland Gov. O’Malley protects poultry industry instead of Chesapeake Bay

O'Malley, a rising Democratic star with presidential ambitions, has made good moves on climate and energy, but he's in the pocket of Big Chicken.

John Upton Food

There’s no “warming pause” — trade winds are burying heat in the Pacific

New research helps explain why excess heat is being absorbed into the ocean: big-ass winds.

John Upton Climate & Energy

Ash decisions: North Carolina helped river-ruining Duke Energy duck pollution complaints

Under its Republican governor, cozy North Carolina regulators shielded the utility from environmental complaints.

Molly Redden Technology

We’re so jealous of this guy who got to hug a baby elephant

This isn't, as the internet claims, a picture of an orphaned elephant thanking her rescuer -- but it's ALL KINDS OF CUTE nonetheless.

Jess Zimmerman Culture

Rally in Raleigh: Thousands march in N.C. for social and environmental justice

The annual Moral March is the product of a multi-racial coalition that gathers at the intersection of civil rights, politics, economy, and the environment. More states should do this.

Brentin Mock Cities

Good news: Most Americans want climate action. Now for the bad news …

Clear majorities are concerned about climate change and favor action to mitigate it, a new poll finds. But Republican politicians just don't care.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

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