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WTO swats down India’s massive solar initiative
The U.S. filed a complaint against India for requiring use of domestically produced panels, and the WTO took America's side.
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Urban soil emits a surprising amount of CO2
In some cases, up to 72 percent as much CO2 as fossil fuels burned within a city.
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Climate change is already causing dramatic flooding in the coastal U.S.
Sea level is rising faster than ever before -- and it's already responsible for three-quarters of coastal floods in the U.S.
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While the planet broke heat records, we broke driving records
Americans collectively drove a record-breaking 3,150,000,000,000 miles last year.
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Examination: Heat, carbon dioxide, cognition, and productivity
Have you been studying?
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Mountaintop removal country’s mental health crisis
In Central Appalachia, areas closer to surface mining operations appear to be associated with higher rates of clinical depression. Why?
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150,000 penguins have disappeared in Antarctica. Thanks, climate change!
As the planet warms and ice continues to melt, this kind of thing could become commonplace.
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Flint isn’t alone: America has a coast-to-coast toxic crisis
There's a grim broader history of lead poisoning in the United States.
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Climate change is awfully hard on native plants
California plants are struggling to keep up with warmer temperatures.
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Zika, tropical medicine, and infant monsters of the third world
There’s a historic precedent for the way we talk about a virus we know very little about.