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In the American West, a battle unfolds over bugs, climate change, and the fate of an iconic species
To delist or not to delist? When it comes to grizzly bears' "threatened" designation, it's not clear they are out of the woods, as the woods itself is threatened by climate change.
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Low impact: State Department says Keystone won’t hurt much at all
The latest report isn’t the final word, but it gives President Obama one more excuse to approve the pipeline project protesters detest most.
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What kind of a U.N. envoy will Mike Bloomberg be?
New York's ex-mayor will travel the globe as U.N. special envoy on cities and climate change. Can a billionaire credibly address global inequality?
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Great Barrier Reef will be smothered with silt, because coal
An Australian agency has given Indian and Australian coal mining companies permission to dump silt from a dredging project in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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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?
