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Which Hollywood-style climate disasters will strike in your lifetime?
Here's a list of some of the most dreaded abrupt changes, and the probability that they'll happen anytime soon.
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Big corporations are getting ready for carbon taxes, even if we’re not
You know it's bad when oil companies see the light on carbon taxing before the tax-collectors do.
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Could you sue Chevron or Exxon for screwing up the climate?
We now know the precise extent to which big fossil-fuel companies are responsible for climate change, but U.S. courts are slower to assign blame.
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Climate sneak attack: New report predicts sudden changes
Like a good movie villain, climate change may have more nasty surprises in store.
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Scientists: Current international warming target is “disastrous”
A new study dynamites a long agreed-upon climate goal.
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Nancy Sutley plans her White House exit
Another member of Obama's environmental team is headed for the door. Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will step down in February.
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Native American groups increasingly at the center of fights over oil and gas
There's a lot of natural gas and oil to be found on or near tribal lands. Will indigenous people go along with drilling and pipeline plans, or fight them?
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How scientists are using drones to fight the next big oil spill
Drones and sensors deployed off the Florida coast will help predict the impact of the next Deepwater Horizon, if there has to be a next one.
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Another reason to worry about methane: It’s leaking out of the Arctic Ocean hella fast
Methane, the most potent greenhouse gas, is being released from sub-sea permafrost much more rapidly than previously estimated, according to new research.
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Talking trash: Baltimore students speak out against waste-burning power plant
The state of Maryland has given a New York-based company the go-ahead to build a garbage incinerator near two public schools. Students have a few things to say about the matter.
