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Get ready for more “extreme” El Niños
Scientists say baby Jesus' meteorological namesake will become a thundering hulk more often as the climate changes.
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Scarred, spangled banner: 46 years after MLK’s death, we still struggle to broaden the movement
In his later years, Rev. King tried to broaden the civil rights movement, laying the groundwork for the environmental justice fight we see today. Sadly, it is still a struggle.
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We may have to suck up CO2 to prevent planet from frying, U.N. says
A leaked draft of an IPCC report says we might need mass-scale geoengineering to fend off the worst of climate change. Al Gore says that's "insane."
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Global warming denial hits a six-year high
The latest data is out on the prevalence of global warming denial among the U.S. public. And it isn't pretty.
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California is now really, truly, officially screwed by drought
Gov. Jerry Brown finally declared an emergency, in the midst of the worst drought in California's history.
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The first lawsuit against Obama’s new coal limits just got filed
Here's why the state of Nebraska thinks the newly published power plant emissions regulations are illegal.
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Big green groups demand an end to Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy
If the president is serious about climate change, he needs to stop promoting fossil fuels, say the Sierra Club, NRDC, EDF, and 15 other groups.
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Just add compost: How to turn your grassland ranch into a carbon sink
Can open fields capture atmospheric carbon and stash it away in the soil? You bet, says the data from a project in Marin.
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Older trees best at fighting climate change
It has long been thought that young trees are better than old ones at absorbing CO2. A new study suggests the opposite.
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Dumb cuts and dumber riders: The green take on the new federal budget
The bill is only marginally better on environmental spending than the sequester, and it includes riders that undermine environmental regulation.