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Africa’s largest marine reserve will protect fish, but also make them into wusses
Last week, Mozambique (that's in East Africa, kids) declared more than 4,000 square miles of coastal waters a Marine Protected Area.
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Beautiful video asks: Why don’t we have more protection for our environmental rights?
Canada's squandering its reputation as a nice, progressive place to live by letting the oil industry mine oil sands.
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Meanwhile, carbon dioxide emissions rose 2.5 percent last year
Which is the wrong direction.
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Antibiotic resistance can be spread via cow urine
Oh, that's all we needed: a new, grosser way for dosed-up livestock to spread antibiotic resistance.
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Geoengineering: A mad scientist’s guide to fixing the planet
Climate change? Rising seas? Monster storms? Science can fix that, thanks to the miracle of geoengineering. Here's everything you need to know.
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Lame duck or bad luck? The farm bill hangs in the balance
Will Congress leave young farmers and organic farmers high and dry? Here's an update on the expired multibillion-dollar food and farm bill.
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U.S. poised for energy independence by 2035 — and climate poised for collapse
The U.S. is on track to become the world's top oil producer, says the International Energy Agency. Does that sound like good news? It's not.
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Obama faces first post-election climate test
For President Obama to come in and tell them and other Sandy victims that he cares more about the airline lobby than their well-being and the global climate would be an epic disappointment.
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Like annoying jerks from high school, coal is doing better than you want
Because you don't get to have nice things, is why.
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Here’s why you shouldn’t bet that Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline
Unless you like betting on irrationality -- which, in politics, isn't a bad bet.