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As the climate warms, corn production starts slowly moving north
The corn harvest was down in Kansas this year. Meanwhile, 700 miles north in the Canadian province of Manitoba, the corn crop is booming.
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A Romney administration would create 3 million new energy jobs — but then, so would yours
The candidate's claims of creating millions of new jobs sets a surprisingly low bar for him to vault.
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Last month was the [FIRST] hottest [SEPTEMBER] in recorded history
Here's this month's high-temperature report, automatically generated by The Climate News Robot.
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Murray Energy coal miners make another appearance in an anti-Obama ad
Ohio coal miners call on Obama to drop an ad saying they were coerced to attend a Romney rally, even though they were coerced to attend a Romney rally.
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What would it mean to treat climate change like a security threat?
In the realm of national security, we accept the need to make decisions in the face of clashing worldviews and incomplete information. David Roberts wonders what climate hawks can learn from security hawks.
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Global food prices to spike, reserves to plummet in 2013
That food you're eating right now? You may want put it in a safety deposit box, because global price spikes and plummeting reserves mean some places could go hungry as soon as 2013.
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Almost $11 million spent on Solyndra attack ads — but voters aren’t buying it
Special interest groups spent close to $11 million since April on ads attacking Solyndra and clean-energy loans. But polls show most voters still don't know about the company or are indifferent.
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Norway to double carbon tax on oil industry, use money to help world
Norway is raising its carbon tax and setting up a $1.6 billion fund to help developing countries cope with climate change. Only in Scandinavia!
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How fish are fighting climate change by pooping
You see, in the typology of poop, it turns out the fish feces are sinkers.
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Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking
The vice presidential debate revealed nothing about energy or climate, but lots about the twisted priorities of Beltway conventional wisdom.
