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This chart makes it painfully obvious that climate deniers are ridiculous
Only ONE of the 9,137 authors of peer-reviewed climate change articles rejected anthropogenic global warming.
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Fungi could help boost crops and slow global warming
Scientists are working to fine-tune and commercialize common fungi as they try to improve crop yields -- efforts that could also help with the climate.
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Polar bear-lesque: The weirdest, sexiest way to confront climate change
As the planet warms, we'll all be wearing less clothing, but Una Aya Osato is getting in on the game early.
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Planes’ gains & automobiles: Air travel outpaces driving in fuel efficiency
Over the last four decades, driving has steadily lost the fuel-efficiency edge it once held over flying.
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Disney radio will stop shilling for frackers
A Radio Disney station in Ohio had teamed up with the oil and gas industry on an "educational" roadshow, but after parents protested, the station backed out.
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Canadian town is using beet juice to de-ice the roads
This is even weirder than clearing roads with cheese brine, like they do in Wisconsin -- or anyway, it smells better.
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Canada’s energy officials take over job of protecting fish from pipelines
Stephen Harper's administration decided that oil and gas officials would do a better job of managing fish along pipeline routes than actual experts.
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Tests show Texas well water polluted by fracking, despite EPA assurances
The EPA dropped its investigation into complaints about contaminated water last year. Now Duke researchers have found dangerous levels of methane in wells.
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Flood pressure: Climate disasters drown FEMA’s insurance plans
A series of hurricanes has left the National Flood Insurance Program hopelessly in debt. A 2012 law aimed to fix that, but with residents of flood-prone areas irate, lawmakers are backpedaling.
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These windmills are so tiny, you could fit 10 of them on a grain of rice
Just wave your hand, and the movement in the air sends them spinning.
