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Quebec oil-train tragedy triggered oil spill that threatens water supplies
As emergency crews search for the dead in Lac-Mégantic, environmental officials are confronted with a 60-mile slick of crude on the Chaudière River.
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Climate change is making private heat islands for people of color
New research suggests that people of color are at a higher risk for extreme heat events.
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The Southwest’s forests may never recover from megafires
"Abnormal" fire risks have become the new normal in the parched Southwest.
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U.K. throws party for world’s biggest offshore wind farm
In the Thames Estuary, 175 turbines are providing enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes.
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Biofuel program could invite giant grass invasion
American farmers can now start growing humongous 20-foot-tall grasses to produce biofuel under a federal clean energy program.
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Happy 4th! George Washington didn’t need coal and neither do you
We're not saying we should go back to burning only wood. But once, all the way back in 1776, we were free of fossil fuels -- and we could be again.
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Climate change could be leading to more El Ninos
El Niño events appear to have become more commonplace as the globe has warmed, a new study finds. Meanwhile, another study could make El Niños easier to predict.
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Does climate change make Western firefighting more dangerous?
The tragic deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona renews debate about global warming's influence on wildfires.
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Climate change threatens Maine’s lobsters
Lobsters have been abundant in the Gulf of Maine in recent years, but scientists warn that climate change might yet sicken some and drive others away.
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How suburban sprawl makes wildfires more deadly
Exurban development patterns not only worsen climate change, they also make residents more vulnerable to one of its effects.