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This super-detailed satellite photo of the frozen Great Lakes is pretty spectacular
It looks like some desolate planet that's inhospitable to human life, and ... yeah, that's about right, at the moment.
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Be glad you don’t live in Oymyakon, Russia, where it can get down to -96 degrees
Cold? Yeah, suck it up. If you lived in Oymyakun, your glasses would freeze to your face, but you'd still have to go outside to pee.
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Kerry’s new gig weighing in on Keystone means giving up Keystone-related stocks
Remember when Susan Rice had those investments in companies linked to Keystone XL? Turns out John Kerry has some too.
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Sierra Club OKs law-breaking in battle against Keystone
For the first time in its 120-year history, the buttoned-up Sierra Club is sanctioning an act of civil disobedience.
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Uncertainty about climate change is reason for more aggressive action
Fully accounting for the uncertainties involved in the climate system entails a higher price on carbon, according to new research.
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How to make gasoline from tar sands, in six simple steps
They've been compared to blood diamonds and cluster bombs, but tar sands aren’t so bad. Here’s a handy step-by-step guide to spinning gold from “natural asphalt.”
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Will Germany banish fossil fuels before the U.S.?
German political parties of every stripe now back a plan that is expected to nearly end that country’s use of fossil fuels by 2050.
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Obama’s handwritten time capsule note expresses hope for the climate
If you worry that Obama doesn't care about the climate enough right now, well -- at least he cares about it later!
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Big Coal to meet its fate in tiny Northwest town
One of 2013's biggest climate fights has quiet Boardman, Ore., poised to become a backdrop for the transformation of the U.S. coal industry.
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The 14 fossil-fuel projects poised to f*ck up the climate
New research has determined which planned fossil-fuel projects pose the biggest threat to the climate. Coal-port expansion in the U.S. ranks near the top. Find out what the others are.
