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House candidate Doug LaMalfa is the archetypal climate-denying idiot
It's so easy to listen to those really quotable climate nuts. But let's not let the super boring ones get lost in the climate denial shuffle.
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We’re now on track for an 11-degree temperature increase by 2100
Nice work, everyone. We did it.
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Exporting to China may not save the U.S. coal industry after all
American coal companies are banking on exports to China, but China's appetite for coal may not be as endless as they think.
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Ask Umbra: Am I saving too many emails?
A reader wonders if her overflowing inbox is polluting the planet. Umbra tells her how to take a byte out of her energy use.
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Eau de Chicago: Perfume uses local ingredients to bottle Windy City’s essence
Tru Blooms Chicago is made from flowers grown in the Windy City's urban gardens. Smelling like Chicago is finally a good thing.
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Oil-rig wasteland: How the election looks from 37,000 feet
What's at stake in this election? Nothing that isn't laid bare on a flight over the West's booming, and devastated, gas fields.
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Remember to vote — the environment, and this baby walrus, need you
This baby walrus is here to remind you: Tuesday is Election Day!
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Blinded by science: The allure of the technological fix after Hurricane Sandy
Structural protection and technological solutions alone can't keep us safe from climate-related disasters -- and assuming as much can end up causing even more damage.
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Friday music blogging: Alt-J
I’ve been listening to Alt-J’s debut album, An Awesome Wave, for a while now, but it’s taken time to sink in. It is a deeply odd and idiosyncratic album, not quite like anything you’ve ever heard, it takes while to feel out its contours. However, the album just won UK’s Mercury Prize for best album, […]
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California’s GMO labeling proposition bruised by big money and big rumors
California's Proposition 37, aimed at labeling GMO foods, has fallen far.
