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Melting ice is a boon for archaeology
Humanity's history is flashing before our eyes as the glaciers melt, and archaeologists are kind of psyched about it.
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Wyoming and energy companies can keep fracking chemicals secret, court rules
Residents of Wyoming want to know what chemicals frackers are pumping into the ground. State officials know, but state officials won't tell.
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New Weather Channel show talks to the people who are trying to change the climate (with cartoons and jokes!)
The show visits researchers who are coming up with creative, and in some cases cray-cray, solutions to rescue us hapless citizens from the havoc we're wreaking on our world.
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Phoenix is doomed — to be a target for doomsayers
Phoenix may be in the bullseye of climate change, but it's got this over most other cities: It's built for the heat.
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Senate gives a big, fat thumbs-up to Keystone XL
The vote was non-binding but all too telling. On Friday, the Senate voted 62 to 37 in favor of building the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline.
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Drought that ravaged U.S. crops likely to worsen in 2013, forecast warns
NOAA predicts a tough spring for already struggling farmers as growing demand for water leaves U.S. more exposed to dry seasons.
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Environmentalists and gas companies sing Kumbaya, create voluntary fracking standards
The new, oxymoronically named Center for Sustainable Shale Development will certify gas companies that meet stricter environmental standards.
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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.
