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New hurricane maps will show whether your house could drown
The federal government will enhance its maps to show the danger of floods caused by storm surges. It's a lesson learned from Superstorm Sandy.
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Is climate change the new slavery?
When a volcanic eruption threw the global climate into chaos two centuries ago, slavery surged. We can expect more such humanitarian crises in our climate-changed future.
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No-till farming’s Johnny Appleseed — in a grimy Prius
Jeff Mitchell rides up and down California's Central Valley bearing a message: Farming without plowing saves soil and money.
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Mark Ruffalo, you are our chosen green celeb! (We hope you like fruit)
The people have spoken, and one lucky man in Hollywood will be the happy recipient of a fruit basket.
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“Years of Living Dangerously” host on the climate change stories we need to tell
M. Sanjayan, a host of Showtime's new series on climate change, talks about almost dying on set, telling the stories behind science, and the new face of global warming.
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No, the IPCC climate report doesn’t call for a fracking boom
Ignore those misleading media reports. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change actually calls for a clean energy revolution.
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Why it matters that Democrat Mary Landrieu is bashing Obama over energy
In her first reelection ad of the year, Landrieu comes out swinging on behalf of the oil industry. Unfortunately, it's not just talk.
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Why it’s a big deal that half of the Great Lakes are still covered in ice
What happens when it all melts? Read on.
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Fearless teenage fish don’t run from climate change, death
These acid-addled fish just want to watch the world burn.
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Sally Jewell’s frustrating first year in Washington
Obama's interior secretary has faced an uphill battle in Washington as she tries to implement her ambitious agenda in the face of budget fights and partisan politics.