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16 years of no global warming? Yeah, right
Once unleashed, junk science is hard to tamp down. Here's an easy-to-understand video debunking one of the most common climate-denier claims.
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Beyond baby steps: Analyzing the cap-and-trade flop
It's good to know what went wrong in Washington. But the real problem we face isn't getting a bill through Congress -- it's global warming.
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BP kinda hoping the government can ignore a few hundred million barrels of spilled Gulf oil
After all, paying for what they did is already pretty expensive.
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The Most Amazing, Interactive U.S. Solar Grid Parity Map
Within a decade, 300,000 megawatts of unsubsidized local solar power could compete with utility electricity prices in almost every state, enough clean energy to produce 10% of U.S. electricity. Grid parity is building like a relentless wave, but how much solar is at parity today? In 2016? In 2020? On homes or businesses? With incentives […]
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Why the environmental movement couldn’t get cap-and-trade passed
A new study from a Harvard political scientist offers suggestions on winning climate fights -- over time.
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Another reason to save trees: Without them, art looks stupid
One scientist photoshopped all of the trees out of a few famous paintings.
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The amazing peacock spider wants to shake its sexy flaps at you
Here, get a little closer -- they're really tiny
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This video will make you want to either have or be a pet hippo
She gets coffee and head-rubs and then goes to sleep with the dog! It's a pretty sweet life being a pet hippo.
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Shell’s Arctic drilling flunks even the lax air pollution standards it weakened
The hits keep on coming.
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Is the bikini wax fad threatening to make pubic lice extinct?
The evidence is pretty slim