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With pipelines delayed, tar-sands oil shifts onto trains
Protests have stalled construction of new tar-sands pipelines, so oil companies are now shipping their goop south by rail.
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Superstorm Sandy hit Superfund sites, spread toxic pollution
Superstorm Sandy took a toll on East Coast Superfund sites, waterways and more. Cleanup is underway but the full impact is not yet known.
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Climate should be Obama’s No. 1 priority, say lots of people who aren’t tree-hugging enviros
The New Yorker calls on Obama to put climate action at the top of his agenda. So does Republican Christine Todd Whitman and other non-hippies.
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The moral logic of climate communication
Climate communicators have two moral obligations: (1) be accurate and (2) ensure that audiences understand and care. Too many people fixate on No. 1 and ignore No. 2.
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Chevron to poor California town: ‘Thanks, but we’d rather pollute’
Three months after a fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery, the oil giant says it is rebuilding to pollute as usual.
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E.U. wimps out, postpones controversial airline-emissions law
Under pressure from the U.S. and other big polluters, the European Union is stopping the clock on an emissions-trading system for airlines.
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Alors! A wobbly bridge over the Seine! Tres magnifique!
The French may seem serious but when it comes to les bridges they are tres whimsical, no? As evidenced by a plan to build a wobbly bridge over the Seine.
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This talking seal is actually kind of spooky
Hoover sounds enough like a person that it's kind of scary.
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Population growth and the road to total societal meltdown
A new documentary follows overpopulation experiments with rats to offer insight into our own dangerously crowded world. The bad news: Crowded rats got fat and happy -- and then they all died.
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Sandy’s winds caused new World Trade Center building to make an eerie humming sound
Rising winds from Sandy caused the unfinished 104-story tower made a sound like a weird ghost.
