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Undecided voters not undecided about climate change
A Yale survey found that most swing voters know human-caused climate change is real and want the government to do something about it.
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Sea levels could rise 22 feet by the year 3000
Researchers have found that sea levels will rise for thousands of years to come, at least 1.1 meters by the year 3000 and maybe a lot more. So try and build your ark by then.
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The Ohio State University will soon be 25 percent wind-powered
OSU has signed a deal to get about 25 percent of its power from a wind farm, which will make the school 100 percent better than Michigan.
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TransCanada protests reveal a bum deal for Texas landowners
Sign the contract or have your land seized, TransCanada tells landowners. Luca Brasi would feel right at home.
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How Gov. Romney threw his climate plans into reverse
A retrospective of Mitt Romney's tenure as governor of Massachusetts shows clearly his politically motivated environmental flip-flop.
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Fires, droughts put focus on climate — but will we seize the moment?
Information won't lead to action without proactive planning -- the kind that requires cooperation between government, business, and other groups with a commitment to change.
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RIP, Barry Commoner: A scientist who wasn’t afraid to make some noise
This pioneering ecologist argued that protecting the environment was inseparable from social issues such as civil, women's, and consumer rights.
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The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral since 1985
The most comprehensive survey ever of Australia's Great Barrier Reef comes up with bad news.
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Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen
In the fracking-centric "Promised Land," Matt Damon, John Krasinski, and Gus Van Sant aim to deliver a star-studded, Oscar-baiting environmental drama -- and they'll do it without a single penguin or Powerpoint.
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Cuomo punts NY fracking decision. Hollywood wins again!
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has delayed a decision on fracking. Was he influenced by his celebrity friends, or by 20,000 anti-fracking activists in the state?
