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New Campaign Calls for Climate, Clean Energy Leadership from President Obama
Today, the Sierra Club is launching a new campaign that lays out a clear roadmap for President Obama to take action on climate disruption and clean energy. As the President’s second term opens, millions of Americans are looking for real leadership on the climate crisis. The East Coast continues to clean up after Hurricane Sandy, […]
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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.