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Obama’s new gaseous release: A strategy to cut back on methane
The next step in the White House climate action plan is to reduce methane emissions.
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Science alone can’t save us, says famous climate scientist (gulp)
Katharine Hayhoe says scientists need to do their thing, but to make real progress on the climate, we need to appeal to people's values.
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States struggling to understand frackquakes
Frackers are making the earth shake, prompting even frack-friendly states to put their heads together to try to figure out how to reduce the risks.
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Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill
It took alert hikers to notice that four miles of a Utah national monument have turned black from an oil-field leak. What else are we failing to catch?
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Want to attract a new generation to the national parks? Find a few new rangers.
If the Park Service wants more people of color to visit the great outdoors, it needs to make its staff look more like America.
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Here’s why B.C.’s carbon tax is super popular — and effective
Just before the economic collapse in 2008, the Canadian province passed a tax on carbon emissions. Five years later, it's a case study in smart climate policy.
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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.
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Christie’s new woe: Court rules he illegally dumped climate protections
When Christie's administration unilaterally pulled out out of a regional cap-and-trade program in 2011, it broke the law, an appeals court rules.
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One California oil town keeps fracking in check — by banning all drilling
Flummoxed by an oil company's changing stories, Carson City plays tough -- and faces a longer battle.
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Air pollution kills 7 million people every year
One in eight deaths in 2012 was caused by air pollution. Thanks, fossil fuels.
