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Boston has a few thousand gas leaks it shouldn’t worry about
Thanks to aging underground pipelines, natural gas is leaking out in more than 3,300 spots around Boston. In six locations, the leaks are big.
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Oil and gas workers fracked by on-the-job injuries
Vehicle accidents are the top danger to oil and gas workers, and as drilling increases, so do fatalities. But incidents often go unreported.
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‘Chasing Ice’ lets you watch the Arctic glaciers disappear before your eyes. Feel better?
A new documentary film follows an intrepid team of photographers as they set out to capture, and communicate, the awesome violence of climate change.
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Greenhouse gas levels higher than ever and still climbing
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2011. It's all bad news, really. It's all bad news.
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This photo says it all about superstorm Sandy
A picture and two words is worth 1,002 words.
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Climate scientists are Nate Silver, radio edition
Just as Republicans chose to ignore projections that Romney would lose, many Americans are choosing to ignore dire climate projections.
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The CIA shutters its climate change center, because who needs it?
Funding has been cut for the CIA's Center on Climate Change and National Security. Anyway, the CIA has bigger problems.
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This cute baby rhino welcomes climate change
If you ask him, it's too cold. That's why he has to wear this blanket.
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Climate change will be ‘devastating’ to world’s poor, World Bank says
An expected 4 degree C rise in global temperatures would spell disaster for developing countries, according to a big new World Bank report.
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How many times should the government rebuild at-risk areas?
The question is newly pressing, given the rapidly expanding number of regions at risk of extreme weather and natural disasters.