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Courting White House arrest over Keystone XL: Rancher, financier, Kennedy, Sierra Club head
At an action today in Washington, celebrities and activists try to put pressure on the president to reject the Keystone pipeline.
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Warmest Decade on Record Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes
By Janet Larsen In recent years weather events have whiplashed between the extremes of heat and cold, flooding and drought. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases—largely from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas—have loaded up in the atmosphere, heating the planet and pushing humanity onto a climatic seesaw of weather irregularities. High-temperature records […]
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Colorado governor participated in ‘ritual-like’ drinking of fracking fluid
We’d never drink from a cup that Halliburton handed us. But Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is a braver man, apparently.
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Sea slug penises fall off after sex and then grow back
It's sort of like human fingernails -- you can cut a bit off and throw it away, but it'll grow back, and then you can use it to have sex with a slug.
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A guide to ethical chocolate
The chocolate industry is awash in shady practices, GMOs, and child labor. Here's how to tell if your bar is truly guilt-free.
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From Obama’s speech, four ambitious climate and energy proposals
In his State of the Union, Obama introduced four proposals to reduce carbon emissions and boost clean energy. One of them might even be possible!
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Whose SOTU response was dumber, Marco Rubio’s or Rand Paul’s? Take our poll!
Rubio argued that government can't control the weather. Paul argued that we just need to slash corporate taxes and regulations. Hard call.
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Obama: If Congress won’t act on climate change, I will
"We must do more to combat climate change," the president said in his State of the Union address, warning of more intense droughts and floods.
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Are San Francisco oysters a wilderness wrecker or a pollution solution?
One part of the Bay Area is getting rid of oysters for the sake of the environment, while another is eagerly reintroducing them.
