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Logging on the rise again in the Brazilian Amazon
Deforestation had been slowing down over the past decade, but new figures show a 28 percent spike in land clearing compared to the previous year.
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A decade of monster hurricanes
Check out these dramatic images of seven record-setting hurricanes from the last decade.
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U.N. climate talks: Four countries behaving badly
Japan, Poland, Australia, and Canada are disgracing themselves at climate negotiations underway in Warsaw.
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Word games are misleading the American public about fracking
Pro-drilling politicians often muddle the debate on natural gas. Here's a clearer look at a familiar talking point.
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Court upholds California’s cap-and-trade system
Two conservative groups sued to stop the state's year-old carbon-trading system. A judge told them tough luck.
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Meet the computer geek who took on Ken Cucinelli — and won
Michael Mann didn't come to politics. Politics came to him.
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The world is still losing its forests, and these beautiful satellite maps tally the toll
Deforestation is slowing in Brazil but picking up elsewhere. Meanwhile, climate change is ravaging forests around the Arctic and in the mountains of the American West.
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Anti-fracking activists celebrate victory in a fourth Colorado city
A recount has revealed that a fracking moratorium narrowly succeeded in Broomfield, Colo., giving fracking foes a clean sweep of recent ballot measures in the state.
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Obama’s departed climate chief pushed him toward action
During her time at the White House, Heather Zichal helped put in place new fuel-economy standards, funding for renewables, and the president's big climate plan.
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Looks like the Arctic has been heating up even faster than we thought
It's not easy to measure Arctic temperatures, and new research suggests that recent efforts have been underestimating the rate at which the region is warming.