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U.S. drought could cause global unrest
Twice in the last five years, rising food prices triggered global waves of social unrest. With drought baking U.S. crops, we may be in for another round of society-straining price spikes.
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Drought means bad news for Obama
Research suggests that drought negatively impacts incumbent presidents.
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U.S. lays out the welcome mat for solar on public lands
By identifying 17 sites in the West for solar installation, the government hopes to vastly increase the supply of renewable energy.
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Lake Superior is so hot right now!
Temperature-wise. Popularity-wise, I'm sure it's doing fine.
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World in Serious Trouble on Food Front
In the early spring of 2012, U.S. farmers were on their way to planting some 96 million acres in corn, the most in 75 years. A warm early spring got the crop off to a great start. Analysts were predicting the largest corn harvest on record. The United States is the leading producer and exporter of […]
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The environment is trying to ruin the Olympics again
It's like Mother Earth doesn't want us to have fun for some reason.
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Heat brings U.S. climate debate to new boil
Are clean-energy policies already rescuing the planet? Or is it time for us to put a price on carbon that costs the fuel industry trillions?
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New York City is making cyclists go to remedial biker’s ed classes
New York City is treating wayward cyclists the same way a driver who’s racked up one too many DUIs might be: It’s sending them to class to review the basic rules of the road. The New York Times reports: This spring, the Midtown Community Court began sentencing cyclists who had been issued tickets for certain […]
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What I left out when I wrote about lowball renewable energy projections
My recent post about off-base energy projections glossed over the main reason that renewable energy has grown faster than predicted: policy. Good policy works!
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Half of Americans drink at least one glass of soda every day
Gallup has discovered a great divide in American society: There are those of us who drink soda and those of us who do not, and the country’s split almost exactly down the middle. Soda drinkers make up 48 percent of the country’s population. These are the people who drink at least one glass of soda […]
