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No, climate change won’t kill the planet. But it’ll kill plenty of people.
This new slogan -- "It's not warming, it's dying" -- is bad in so many ways.
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The global warming “pause,” explained by way of a cheeseburger
Turbo-charged trade winds have kept the hot side hot and the cool side cool, according to a new study. Sadly, it’s not gonna last.
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Greens and civil rights activists bring Big Coal to its knees in Mississippi
The utility giant Southern Company has agreed to stop burning coal at two of its plants. In return, activists have dropped a lawsuit against a "clean coal" plant seen as the industry's last hope.
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How much do hurricanes hurt the economy?
Researchers trying to understand the costs of climate change say that increasing storm activity may run the planet nearly $10 trillion.
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Frackers are strip-mining the Midwest for sand
First they poisoned the tap water. Now they're hauling huge quantities of sand out of the ground to feed their habit.
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Join us for a Twitter chat on California’s drought
What does California's historic drought mean for its water supply and the rest of the nation? We'll discuss on Twitter on Aug. 6 at 2 p.m. EST.
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Richmond, Calif., is about to get hit with a climate justice earthquake
The Climate Justice Alliance will convene hundreds of activists in Richmond, Calif., for the Our Power National Convening.
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This comic strip explains why we could see more disasters like Toledo’s toxic algae bloom
Farming practices and climate change are creating a "perfect storm."
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We’ve dug so many tunnels, future historians will think we were mole people
Tunnels, mines, and boreholes will permanently scar the Earth -- and could be a marker of the Anthropocene.
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Will people care about climate change if it happened long ago in a galaxy far, far away?
Climate change? BORING, says this scientist. That can be solved, however, with a little help from Star Wars.