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The most (and least) polluted cities in America
The American Lung Association ranked cities according to their air pollution. Here’s the good news, and the bad.
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California sets fancy new climate goal, makes other states look bad
Gov. Jerry Brown declares his state will cut emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Even Europe can't beat that.
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Can Obama fix Japan’s broken climate plan?
The Fukushima disaster screwed up Japan's climate strategy.
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The EPA has a plan to protect vulnerable communities. Will it work?
The agency spent years cooking up its environmental justice master plan. Now it's time for action.
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California’s drought isn’t doomsday, but yes, it will change the state
The most nightmarish scenarios of California's dry future are unlikely to happen. Still, the state must use the crisis as a wakeup call to use water more smartly.
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We are so good at causing earthquakes that the government is starting to forecast them
Thanks, oil and gas industry.
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Emma Thompson wrote an Oscar-worthy open letter to save the Arctic
Like everything Emma Thompson touches, the letter will leave you either laugh-crying or slow-clapping.
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Beijing’s air is now a little less toxic
A new study suggests China's tough new pollution standards might actually be working.
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Marijuana is a gateway drug … to backyard goats
Watch this dope video about pot growers who transitioned into urban farming.