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Sen. Scott Brown: Stand up for clean air, not polluters
A lot of people in Massachusetts suffer from asthma, the disease that makes it hard to breathe, sends kids gasping for breath to the emergency room and can saddle families with huge medical bills. In fact, estimates from the American Lung Association are that over 130,000 kids and nearly 500,000 adults in Massachusetts suffer from asthma.* One […]
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What is a 'normal' climate? Definitions are changing [VIDEO]
Climate Central's Heidi Cullen explains how "normals" for our climate during the past decade will very likely change soon.
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2010 hits top of temperature chart
Topping off the warmest decade in history, 2010 experienced a global average temperature of 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit, tying 2005 as the hottest year in 131 years of recordkeeping.
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California city is the first, but not the last, to flee rising sea levels
Threatened by rising ocean levels, the city of Ventura, California is starting to pick up stakes and move inland. This "managed retreat" is the first of its kind in California, but it's not likely to be the last.
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Six reasons free parking is the dumbest thing you didn't know you were subsidizing
The U.S. has as many as eight parking spaces per car. That's more than a billion parking spaces, or one for every person in China, should they need them once they're done buying all our post-crash assets for jiǎos on the yuán. This isn't just overkill -- it's stupid, destructive, expensive overkill.
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California 'superstorms' could make quakes look tame, and Brisbane look dry
California could be at risk for Old Testament-level storms that could do four to five times the damage of a major earthquake.
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Global warming work ahead on heels of presidential summit
Chinese President Hu Jintao is in D.C. for a state dinner with President Obama and for a series of meetings over the next three days. They have a lot on their plate (both literally and figuratively), so climate change won’t be the only thing that they discuss. But you can sure bet that it will come up.
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American states can learn much from Ontario's 'buy local' clean energy strategy
The Canadian province of Ontario has launched a clean energy strategy to maximize economic development while reducing pollution.
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How solar power is keeping America's hired muscle from getting killed in Afghanistan
Long thought to be the sole domain of quiche-eating pantywaists, solar energy has finally picked up some macho cachet -- by saving lives and dollars in Afghanistan.
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Smithsonian exhibit connects art to climate advocacy
Rockman's Icons paintings depict symbols of American power and prestige ultimately undone by an abuse of the powers that willed them into reality.
