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Americans respond to climate change by yawning at it, poll finds
In a list of 15 national problems, only race relations is less of a concern for Americans than climate change, according to a new Gallup poll.
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Death toll from East Harlem gas explosion rose to seven overnight
The blast was the deadliest of its kind in the U.S. since a natural-gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, Calif., in 2010, killing eight people.
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Gold-medal skier Ted Ligety raps with a snowflake to save winter
Another Olympian jumps into the climate fight, this time with a slightly depressed ice crystal.
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Want everyone else to buy into environmentalism? Never say “Earth”
A veteran marketer says green organizations must drop the nature imagery, talk about people, and repeat, repeat, repeat if they want to move the needle on climate.
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San Francisco moves to ban plastic water bottles, scoffs at every other sad city
San Francisco is clearly vying for the title of Most Sustainable City in the United States.
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Talk talk: Political junkies discuss Senate chat on climate
Watch some people (including Grist's Ben Adler) talk about other people (senators) talking about stuff (the state of the climate). So meta!
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Who had the best one-liners at the Senate’s climate slumber party?
Thirty U.S. senators stayed up all night long on Monday to talk about climate change. Did your senators join in the fun?
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Mass transit ridership grows from pathetically low to just low
Last year, Americans took more trips on mass transit than in any year since 1956 -- but our population has doubled since then, so the stat is not so impressive.
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Four new ozone-destroying gases found sneaking around the stratosphere
Three new CFCs and one new HCFC turned up when no one was looking, but scientists still don't know where these human-made ozone-eaters are coming from.
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Bogus, brah, climate change is stealing sick rides
Global warming will mean fewer big waves for Australia's Bondi Beach.
