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Postcard from the edge: Urban conundrums on the front lines of climate change
In a warming world, cities will adapt or die. Grist's newest blog, Underwater cities, will take a hard look at what adaptation means.
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Why Rand Paul’s plan won’t save Detroit
The Tea Party senator thinks slashing taxes is the solution to Detroit's woes (as well as every other problem in the country). Actually, it's not.
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What kind of crazy anti-environment bills is ALEC pushing now?
ALEC keeps the punches rolling with anti-green legislation: Fighting renewable energy standards and emissions caps, handing over public lands to oil and gas, and more.
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Justice giant: Remembering Mandela and his fight for climate justice
Mandela was a fierce champion of the people and regions most vulnerable to the worst of climate change’s impacts.
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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.
