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Dead elephants, plagues, and rats: Why the sixth extinction is bad for you and everyone you know
Our little habit of wiping out wildlife is going to come back and bite us.
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Be a patriot, eat less beef
This is your favorite protein's carbon footprint.
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Northwest wildfires: We broke the forests, now we need to fix them
Decades of logging, fire suppression, and now climate change have turned our forests into firestorms. But the war on wildfire is one we just can't win.
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Drilling in Pennsylvania has damaged the water supply 209 times in last seven years
"Only 209 measly little times!" says the oil and gas industry. "Wait, what?" say water-drinking people everywhere.
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Seals discover offshore wind farms are all-you-can-eat seafood buffets
Harbor seals are drawn in by the ample fish provided by these artificial reefs.
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Norwegian reindeer are enjoying the balmy weather, breeding like bunnies
Sadly, these guys are the rare winners in a warming world full of losers.
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In Pennsylvania, Dr. Frack will see you now
To gather data on how gas drilling might affect residents' health, a group is starting by offering them some medical advice.
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New rules aim to stop rash of oil train spills and explosions
Train wrecks have done more than $10 million in damage as of mid-May this year -- nearly triple the damage for all of 2013. The feds want to stop that.
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George Harrison memorial tree falls victim to climate-driven irony
The tree was killed by, you guessed it: beetles.
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Earth crushes another temperature record; not getting much love from the stands
June marked the 352nd consecutive hotter-than-average month. It's a streak that would make Barry Bonds blush.
