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Keystone XL oil would be processed in sick East Texas community
Manchester, a Houston neighborhood, is where tar-sands oil piped through Keystone XL would be refined. The community has enough problems already.
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Why climate change is not an environmental problem: The video
Watch this cool new video about the threat of climate change and why it doesn't fit in the "environmental" box.
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Louisiana Senate kills a bill that tried to rein in dispersants
A bill calling for toxic oil dispersants to be used only as a last resort was quashed after the oil industry voiced its opposition.
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Watch a dude with death-defying knife skills slice up an entire watermelon in 21 seconds
Need to cut up 100 watermelons? Give this guy 10 minutes.
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The heartbreaking, heartwarming saga of a homeless koala
This guy was moved out of harm's way so that loggers could come down and clear-cut his home. He came back to a treeless landscape. But there's a happy ending, we swear!
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City mice have genes that could help them resist pollution
These mice may actually be evolving in response to their urban lifestyle.
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We have known about climate change for 75 years
Global warming was originally known as the Callendar Effect, in honor of an engineer who discovered it in 1938.
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What Sandy Looks Like Six Months Later
Two weeks ago, I visited Keansburg, NJ, one of the many Jersey Shore communities devastated by the fossil-fueled Superstorm Sandy. My ostensible purpose was to deliver a check from members of my organization, Forecast the Facts, who had graciously donated to support the rebuilding effort. But I also wanted to see first hand what a […]
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Beleaguered bees catch a break as E.U. bans dangerous pesticides
The European Union is imposing a two-year ban on three types of neonicotinoid pesticides that have been found to seriously mess with bees.
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The limits of climate adaptation are social, not physical or economic
We badly need a better understanding of the social limits of climate adaption. To that end, a new framework.
