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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.
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Don’t be smug: Your suburban neighbors cancel out your green urban lifestyle
Sure, living car-free in the city is the climate-friendly thing to do. But new research shows that the greenest urban cores are surrounded by the most heavily polluting 'burbs.
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This chart makes it painfully obvious that climate deniers are ridiculous
Only ONE of the 9,137 authors of peer-reviewed climate change articles rejected anthropogenic global warming.
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Fungi could help boost crops and slow global warming
Scientists are working to fine-tune and commercialize common fungi as they try to improve crop yields -- efforts that could also help with the climate.