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These satellites are keeping an eye on California’s underground water
To the list of benefits satellites offer us, we can now add "monitoring our disappearing water."
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We just hit 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere, for a whole month
We should be trying to get down to 350 ppm, if we want to avoid the worst of climate chaos, but instead the CO2 concentration keeps rising.
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New EPA carbon rules would save thousands of lives, science says
The Obama administration's proposed rules for power plants could save nearly 5,000 lives a year in the U.S. alone.
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Seattle’s mayor gums up Shell’s Arctic drilling plans
The oil giant wants to park its Arctic drilling rigs in Seattle's port, but the city is throwing up roadblocks.
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Could wildfires undermine California’s grand climate goals?
California has the most ambitious climate plan in the nation, but if it loses too many trees to fire, it will have a hard time meeting its targets.
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Ticks are spreading — and so is Lyme disease
Warming temperatures expand the range of ticks, lengthen the season, and increase the chances of one giving you Lyme disease. Shudder.
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Farmers are watering your food with fracking chemicals
Chevron is selling fracking wastewater to Central Valley farmers to grow food. Dangers seem limited right now -- but let's be more careful and transparent.
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Climate change could drive 1-in-6 species to extinction
Cranking up the planetary heat is going to ratchet down the planet’s biodiversity.
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What’s the greenest megacity? Hint: Not NYC
A look at megacity "metabolism" reveals how many resources these urban hubs devour and which ones could use a diet.
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California wildfire conditions are a “recipe for disaster”
It's already looking bad, and it's going to get worse.