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Come chat with David Roberts
The beloved climate blogger chatted with readers about the election season, Twitter, and the future of clean energy.
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GOP pushes bill to quash EPA’s international climate efforts
Republicans were not dissuaded by the EPA's concerns that cutting the minor program would affect its ability to monitor greenhouse gases.
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Larry Gibson
Fr. Dan Berrigan once wrote a poem, “Some,” that I thought of after hearing of Appalachian hero Larry Gibson’s death two days ago: Some stood up once and sat down. Some walked a mile and walked away. Some stood up twice then sat down. It’s too much, they cried. Some walked two miles then walked […]
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There’s methane trapped at the bottom of the ocean, so obviously we should get it and burn it
The Department of Energy's decision to award millions in grants to explore accessing natural gas reserves is bad news.
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Ahmadinejad says Iran’s enemies are destroying the rain clouds
Rush Limbaugh will be pleased* to know that he and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have something in common: They’re both so balls-to-the-wall bonkers that they think their enemies can control the weather. Or well, OK, maybe Limbaugh only thinks Obama controls the weather FORECAST — which means that, as unlikely as this seems, he’s still […]
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Climate change could make summer crime waves worse
When temperatures go up, crime often does, too -- which means that as our summers get hotter, more cities could see the kind of violence Chicago experienced this year.
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Chevy isn’t losing $49,000 on every Volt it sells, for God’s sake
Reuters bungles basic math, claiming Chevy loses $49,000 for every Volt it sells. Wrong: Allow us to explain using some sort of odd analogy about baskets.
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Giant daddy long-legs invade Seattle
Arachnophobes, beware: A science illustrator adorned the roof of the Seattle Center Armory with monstrously large photorealistic daddy long-legs.
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On Sept. 11, 2012, the Times asks: Is New York ready for disaster?
What is New York City doing to prevent disasters brought on by climate change and rising seas? Not enough so far.
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Reality TV can now give you hantavirus (Update: Or not)
You know those nice, selfless, saintly people on TLC’s Hoarding: Buried Alive, the ones that help their absolutely insane and generally repulsive neighbors clean out 46 years of TV Guides/foot soaking machines/animal carcasses? And you’ve always thought, shit, I would never do that, I must be a selfish asshole? Well, you may well be, but it […]
