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Methane trapped in Antarctic ice will be a great help to the horrible warming feedback loop
Melting of Antarctic ice could release massive amounts of methane, according to a new study. That would be very bad for the climate.
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A natural-gas pipeline grows in Brooklyn
Many of the people of Brooklyn aren't super-excited about it.
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Global warming debate needs less ‘both sides’ wankery
Tom Zeller Jr. at Huffington Post argues that the climate debate needs "cooler heads." He ignores the fact that it already has plenty of cooler heads; the real problem is the hotheads on the right.
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Meet the brave little solar-powered robot who’s helping us understand hurricanes
Chasing a tornado might be nuts, but chasing a hurricane is beyond nuts. Being in a car near a tornado sounds like a bad idea, but at least you might hit a Norse god or end up in Oz or something. You’d have to go hurricane-chasing in a boat or helicopter, though, and being in […]
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GOP convention, day one: A platform built on oil, an argument based on inaccuracy
At the GOP convention, Republicans are pushing stale old energy policies and telling lots of lies.
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Polar bear dick size is apocalypse’s most recent casualty
This is one of those super-depressing “oh my god the world is ending” things that’s easy to joke about because it involves shrinking polar bear penises. And let’s face it, shrinking polar bear penises are just funny, the way rubber chickens or people falling down are just funny.
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Meet Julian and Joaquin Castro, rising Democratic stars with a strong green streak
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, who'll be giving the keynote at the Democratic convention, and his twin brother Joaquín, who's running for Congress, are both big advocates for clean energy.
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Hurricane Isaac makes landfall on the Gulf Coast
A levee in the southeast corner of Louisiana was overtopped, but the storm's effect on New Orleans has so far been minimal on the seventh anniversary of the arrival of Katrina.
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This is the most science-fictiony solar generator we’ve ever seen
If we’re really going to get a significant part of our energy from solar power, we’re going to need to have a LOT of solar panels. Ideally, we’d put solar panels on everything — every roof, every wall, every car. Solar panels on the Capitol. Solar panels on the Moon. So it might be a […]