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‘Do the Math’ livestream, direct from Washington, D.C.
Why the fossil-fuel industry is public enemy No. 1, and what we can do about it: Catch a live webcast of Bill McKibben's 350.org roadshow, 1 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.
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To the bat cave: Desperate measures in a time of ‘peak conservation’
The Nature Conservancy opened the world's first artificial cave for hibernating bats. Cool, right? Also, a little worrisome.
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Why President Obama should keep his promise to tackle climate change
Hurricane Sandy gave us a big, fat, election-season wake-up call on the climate. The president says he got the message. Now it’s time for action.
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Abusive slaughterhouse fined $500 million in massive meat-recall case
A company that tortured sick cows and sold their meat has been fined, but the feds still think the activists who revealed the abuse are terrorists.
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Friday music blogging: Bahamas
A few days ago I went to Seattle’s legendary Crocodile to see the band Milo Greene, which I have praised before here in FMB. They were good, but the big discovery of the night was the opener, Bahamas, the Canadian indie project led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Afie Jurvanen, who used to play keyboard and guitar for […]
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Green progress in California could help the poor
Some of the money from the state's new cap-and-trade auctions will go to needy communities, thanks to a recently passed law.
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More bad news about glaciers — and therefore sea levels
Bhutan's glaciers are going to drop in size even if the world doesn't get warmer -- and more melt means higher oceans.
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‘The climate gap’: Extreme weather hurts poor the most
Droughts, floods, storms, and fires hit America's low-income communities hardest, according to a new analysis.
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Dust Bowl Revisited
By Janet Larsen On October 18, 2012, the Associated Press reported that “a massive dust storm swirling reddish-brown clouds over northern Oklahoma triggered a multi-vehicle accident along a major interstate…forcing police to shut down the heavily traveled roadway amid near blackout conditions.” Farmers in the region had recently plowed fields to plant winter wheat. The […]
