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The pool of water under the Midwest is being sucked dry. The drought is making it worse
People are overusing naturally occurring aquifers the world over. This has massive implications for food production in the near future.
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How to keep the 2012 drought from draining your wallet
Diminishing corn supplies could drive fuel prices up, power plants could heat up important bodies of water, and dry weather could force homes and farms to compete for water. Here's what you can do to ease the pressure.
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Harry Reid slugs fossil fuels in the face
The Senate's top Democrat isn't only throwing punches at Romney. He's also got it in for climate deniers and the coal industry.
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Normal-looking trees might be actually be stuffed with methane
Diseased but healthy-looking trees might contribute as much as 10 percent of global methane emissions.
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Great news: The world is on the brink of a massive boom in oil production
You can't spell "dystopia" without O-Y.
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Global food prices spike as stockpiles fall — and rain doesn’t
The impacts of the U.S. drought have begun to spread globally, thanks in large part to soaring corn prices.
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As Obama runs toward the coal industry, it keeps running away
In the Bizarro world of the 2012 election, a Democrat attacks his Republican opponent for wanting to undermine the coal industry. What?
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Chevron refinery explosion reminds us that fossil fuels are killers
In the aftermath of the refinery explosion in Richmond, Calif., this week, one nearby resident reflects on how our energy system is deadly -- even when it is working exactly as it should.
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More fracking, more wastewater, more spills
Wastewater injection wells can leak in multiple ways -- injection into the ground being the most risky.
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San Diego is seeing record numbers of weird black jellyfish
This black jellyfish (which looks a no-more-comforting blood red in this lighting, but black in the open water) can grow to the size of a trash can lid, and its sting packs a serious wallop. Normally these guys are a rare sight around the waters of San Diego; before this decade, they were spotted only […]