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Would Mount Everest’s first conquerors recognize it anymore?
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. But thanks to climate change, these aren't the same peaks.
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Coal is the enemy of the human race, video edition
A short animated video explains exactly why coal has got to go.
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Where greenhouse gases come from, in one graph
Check out this cool graphic that shows where climate pollution comes from, by source and sector.
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U.S. trees burned in British coal plants count as renewable energy. WTF?
The U.K. subsidizes the burning of American-grown wood in British coal power plants and somehow calls it "green." How can this be?
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John Kerry’s wishful thinking on climate change
John Kerry told Ethiopians that the U.S. is below the Kyoto Protocol's greenhouse gas emissions targets. Yay! Unfortunately, that's not true. Boo!
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Climate change thaws out 400-year-old plants
Scientists have found plants that have been chilling out under glaciers for about four centuries -- plants that, now that they're out from under the ice, have decided to start growing again.
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Cat learns to talk, chooses to only say “Al Gore”
This cat does an impression of what right-wingers think environmentalists sound like.
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Chesapeake oil? Offshore drilling pushed by Virginia lawmakers
Terry McAuliffe opposed drilling when he last ran for governor of Virginia. Then he lost and Deepwater Horizon happened. Now he's running again as a drilling fan.
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GOP to Obama on Keystone: Don’t think about climate
With Democratic support for Keystone XL floundering, some say that Obama could link its approval to new climate change rules. Republican senators beg him not to.
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Sequester guts wildfire prevention, sets up bigger blazes
The sequester took a 7.5 percent bite out of the Forest Service’s budget, nearly half of which is spent fighting wildfires.
