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Cities are leading the charge on climate action
While many national governments struggle to take comprehensive action on climate change, major cities around the globe are acting on their own.
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Bringing home the bacon: Visiting a pasture-raised pig farm [VIDEO]
A young farmer talks about raising pigs on pasture, knowing where your food comes from, and speaking up for the food system you want.
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Blowing in the right direction: Two big wind projects are moving forward
A wind project in Wyoming and another off the coast of New England will help us transition to a future without coal.
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Mother Nature has evil plans for your weekend
Seriously. For most of America, tomorrow is going to be miserable. Read our tips on not dying.
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For the first time, America produces as much electricity from natural gas as from coal
And, remarkably, the U.S. produced more electricity from non-fossil fuels than from either natural gas or coal.
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White House has been ‘timid’ on regulating fracking, says former White House lawyer
Jody Freeman argues in The New York Times that the Obama administration "has been timid about calling for a stronger federal role" in regulating fracking.
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Europe goes crazy for coal — and we can blame ourselves
A spike in coal usage in the Old World is bad news. Blame America.
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Journalists and climate disclaimers
When journalists cover extreme weather and climate change, they often include disclaimers about how no one event can be definitively blamed on climate change. Stop it, already.
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Top U.S. science official: ‘Climate change is having consequences in real time’
Jane Lubchenco, head of NOAA, said Americans are connecting the dots between climate change and recent severe weather. When will political leaders make the issue a priority?
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Street artist turns Chicago into a Monopoly board
Socially conscious graffiti is nice and all, but we prefer it when street artists have a sense of humor. So this work by artist (or art collective) Bored is right up our alley (ha) — it uses 3D sculpture to turn the streets of Chicago into a Monopoly board.
