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Pasture blazed: How more wildfires could result in less grass-fed meat
As the charbroiled western states cool down for the winter, ranchers are bracing themselves for year-round fire risk. Here's what that means for the meat on our plates.
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The new head of the House Science Committee is indifferent to science
Rep. Lamar Smith, tapped to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, is a climate skeptic who likes to make climate jokes.
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Sea levels are rising 60 percent faster than expected
Incidentally, I'm selling lovely beachfront property in West Virginia.
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‘Chasing Ice’ changed this climate-denying Bill O’Reilly listener into a believer
Whenever you feel discouraged about climate change deniers, watch this video.
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My grandma, the fracking matriarch
How the author uncovered his secret identity as a would-be oil tycoon.
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Pot growers are using, and in some cases stealing, solar panels
Pot growers are using solar panels. But before you get too impressed with their social conscience, they are also stealing them.
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Consumption-based footprinting: ‘Carbon Zero,’ sidebar 1
How, where and when we measure our carbon footprint makes a huge difference in what results we get.
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Cities in the age of climate consequences: ‘Carbon Zero,’ chapter 1
A worldwide transition to a climate-balanced global economy lies completely within our reach. How can that be? The answer sits right where we live.
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How cities can lead the climate fight: Introducing Alex Steffen’s ‘Climate Zero’
We're posting all of Alex Steffen's new book, a deep and inspiring manual for imagining how our cities can become the solution to our climate woes.
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California is about to get drenched by an ‘atmospheric river’
The real Pineapple Express is an "atmospheric river" capable of turning the state's Central Valley into a lake -- and it's rolling through this week.
