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Fukushima nuclear power plant shutdown was caused by a rat
Nuclear power plants are perfectly safe, as long as there are no rats around.
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Here are a couple of weather experts who actually believe in climate change
Many TV meteorologists are skeptics, but the heads of the Weather Company and the National Weather Service grok this whole global warming thing.
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State Dept. hid contractor’s ties to Keystone XL pipeline company
A top expert who helped write the government's latest Keystone report previously consulted on three different TransCanada projects -- a fact the State Department tried to hide.
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Beyond widgets: Envisioning a real transportation revolution
A recent report showed how much carbon can be cut through changes in vehicles. But changes in transportation systems go well beyond vehicles.
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Massive Louisiana sinkhole just keeps on growing
A sinkhole that was triggered in August by salt mining for the oil and gas sector has grown to 12 acres, threatening 150 homes.
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Post-Sandy, green groups at loggerheads with plans to rebuild Jersey’s boardwalk empire
How to rebuild all those destroyed promenades? With trees cut from the rainforest, thus contributing to even more superstorms, natch.
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Two reasons climate change is not like other environmental problems
Commentators often think about climate change as an "environmental problem," but it's very different from traditional environmental problems, in two important ways.
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Summer rains in Southwest arriving late because of climate change
Delays to the monsoon season in America's southwestern desert states could hurt farmers, cities, and ecosystems.
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Climate change could mean seven times as many Katrinas
If only a fraction of predicted global warming happens, the East Coast could be in for a rough century.
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A cool new way climate change is killing bivalves
Mussels start losing their ability to attach themselves to rocks when oceans contain more carbon dioxide.