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Government doesn’t know exact route of Keystone XL
After a citizen made a Freedom of Information Act request for GIS data on the route, the State Department said it doesn't have it.
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Climate change could bring more hurricanes
New research suggests that cyclones and hurricanes will occur more frequently as the climate changes, challenging previous assumptions.
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Coal-burning slashed lifespans by five years in China, study finds
Residents of northern China lost an average of five years from their lives because the government handed out free coal from 1950 to 1980.
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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.
