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Climate change threatens to wipe out your coffee
Arabica coffee beans could be extinct in the wild by 2080.
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Superstorm Sandy hit Superfund sites, spread toxic pollution
Superstorm Sandy took a toll on East Coast Superfund sites, waterways and more. Cleanup is underway but the full impact is not yet known.
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Climate should be Obama’s No. 1 priority, say lots of people who aren’t tree-hugging enviros
The New Yorker calls on Obama to put climate action at the top of his agenda. So does Republican Christine Todd Whitman and other non-hippies.
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The moral logic of climate communication
Climate communicators have two moral obligations: (1) be accurate and (2) ensure that audiences understand and care. Too many people fixate on No. 1 and ignore No. 2.
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Population growth and the road to total societal meltdown
A new documentary follows overpopulation experiments with rats to offer insight into our own dangerously crowded world. The bad news: Crowded rats got fat and happy -- and then they all died.
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Do environmental groups deserve credit for big wins last week?
Green groups invested in eight U.S. Senate races, and their preferred candidates won in seven of them. What does that tell us? It's complicated.
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Climate change is stealing pandas’ food
Bamboo might seem hardy, but it does not deal well with temperature changes.
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Venice swamped by near-record flooding
Venice has always experienced periodic flooding, but it's happening more often these days.
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Grist’s theme for November: What’s next for the climate?
Introducing: monthly themes! Here's a smattering of the stuff we've got on tap.
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Hundreds of thousands still without power post-Sandy, provoking backlash against utilities
New York Gov. Cuomo is furious with utilities and promises to review their contracts. Meanwhile, Reuters looks at whether customers could sue.
