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Here’s how the world can get on track with climate goals
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and climate talks continue to fail, but there are still things we can do to avoid climate apocalypse. Here are four of them.
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No more ferry tales for New Orleans
Without a funding miracle, The Big Easy's famous Canal St. ferry is likely to go under.
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Boulder and other Colorado cities try to fight fracking
The Boulder City Council unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on fracking, but it and other frack-averse Colorado cities are worried about lawsuits.
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U.S. and China team up to fight climate-changing HFCs
At a summit in California, Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to tackle hydrofluorocarbons, a lesser-known climate scourge.
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Tough spot for farmers: Adapting to change you can’t believe in
The Agriculture Department will help farmers deal with a warmer climate, whether they accept its reality or not.
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She’s got the Power: What does Obama’s U.N. ambassador pick think about climate?
Samantha Power hasn't said much on climate change.
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Slicing open stalagmites to reveal climate secrets
Scientists are heading underground for clues to ancient climates.
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Oklahoma’s cyclones were all kinds of freaky
Last week's flurry of tornadoes included the widest twister ever recorded in the U.S. and one tornado that spun backward.
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Arctic summers could be nearly ice-free in seven years
NOAA scientists used three methods to predict when summers in the Arctic will be almost ice-free. Looks like it will happen by 2040, and maybe by 2020.
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Scientists have found “God’s bathtub,” a lake totally untouched by climate change
If only He would turn this water into wine.
