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This post-Sandy image will seriously mess with your head
This dude either has amazing core strength or lives in a freaky sideways universe.
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New York struggles to clean up — and to figure out how to prevent another disaster like Sandy
Ravaged shorelines and crippled infrastructure have forced New Yorkers to start thinking about their vulnerability to future storms.
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Artist wants to replace L.A.’s billboards with elevated bamboo forests
It's a pretty idea; just check out the mock-up.
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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!
