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Oh rot: Climate change could topple Northwest’s Douglas fir forests
Root-rotting fungi already take a huge bite out of the region's timber business. Now, scientists warn that it will get much worse.
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Did spying take Copenhagen from Hopenhagen to Brokenhagen?
New documents show NSA snoops worked hard to spy on the U.S.'s negotiating partners in 2009's failed climate negotiations.
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Climate change is directly responsible for killing baby penguins
Torrential downpours and abnormal heat could kill nearly half of penguin chicks in a single year, say researchers.
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Indian bummer: Is Delhi the smoggiest city in Asia?
There's no way to be sure if Delhi's air pollution is worse than Beijing's, but this Delhi-based reporter concludes both cities are filthy.
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Frackers banned from New York for at least another year
Gov. Cuomo's administration announced that New York's fracking moratorium will not be lifted before April 2015. Frackers, predictably, are freaking.
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Republicans vote to deny climate change
Republicans voted against an amendment that would have stated that greenhouse gases cause climate change. Are they stupid, or just corrupt?
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Snow’s melting in Alaska and pelting the South. What’s going on?
An uncommonly sharp kink in the jet stream is partly responsible for plunging more than half of the United States into the freeze.
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We can harvest methane from cow guts. Should we?
Argentinian scientists hope to harness the methane cows fart and burp by passing a pipe into their stomachs and sucking out the gas for energy.
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Rice paddies providing respite for birds in drought-ravaged California
California's rice growers are being paid to leave water in their paddies for a couple extra months, providing migratory birds with stopover points.
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![U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014.]()
![U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014.]()
Energy state of Obama’s union: Drill? Frack? Cut carbon? “All the above”
The president's annual address unveiled no new climate initiatives and doubled down on an everything-goes approach to energy.
