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The REINS Act shows, again, just how f’ing crazy the House GOP is
The House GOP passed a bill that would fundamentally change the balance of power within the federal government and cripple the ability of the government to regulate. Ho hum.
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2012: A year of broken climate records
Hot air, rising seas, and other findings from NOAA's latest State of the Climate report.
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Young harp seals in the North Atlantic at risk from melting sea ice
It's a bad week to be a seal.
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Climate change pushing marine life towards the poles, says study
Marine species, more than land-based ones, are altering their breeding, feeding, and migration patterns as they chase climates they can survive in.
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Seven ways the drought in the West really sucks
New Mexicans are having to rely on trucked-in water, bears are getting antsy, desperate farmers are selling their water to frackers, and more.
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A year after a refinery explosion, Richmond, Calif., is fighting back
Last August's explosion and fire were just the latest in a long history of disasters at Chevron's East Bay plant. Locals have had enough.
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Watching Fox News makes you distrust climate scientists
New research shows that global warming denial is partly fueled by negative treatment of scientists in conservative media.
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Global warming leads to darker ice leads to more global warming
As ice thins, the Arctic gets less reflective -- and that's bad news.
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Keystone study contractor under scrutiny by State Dept. watchdog
Does the consulting firm studying the environmental impacts of Keystone XL have a conflict of interest? State's Inspector General is looking into the question.
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Former Republican EPA chiefs back Obama on climate change
EPA administrators who served under Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II co-sign an op-ed in The New York Times calling for climate action.
