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Energy Secretary Chu Talks Energy Innovation and U.S. Competitiveness
Energy Secretary Steven Chu gave a speech at the National Press Club on Monday in which he referred to China’s investments in clean energy as a “Sputnik moment.” “America still has the opportunity to lead in a world that will need essentially a new industrial revolution to give us the energy we want inexpensively but […]
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Converting astronaut poop to space power — the final frontier?
UNESCO's 2011 space odyssey involves launching a shatellite filled with bacteria that could possibly turn astro-poo into power. At last!
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While climate talks drag on, cities must adapt or die
In cities like Norfolk, Va., rising sea levels are not a hypothesis -- they're an unpleasant reality that has to be dealt with, now.
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Pre-Cancun summit, American farmers debate climate change
The climate is heating up -- as is the debate among farmers about what to do about it. Unhappily, the deniers still rule the day.
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Saving the world's future food supply is key to climate adaptation, says Cary 'Dr. Doom' Fowler
In a world being shaped by a rapidly changing climate, Cary Fowler believes the most efficient way to deal with the coming challenges is by hoarding as many different kinds of crop seeds as possible -- in a frozen mountain near the Arctic Circle. Which is one reason he earned the nickname "Dr. Doom."
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Study says climate change could make a billion homeless
As the climate conference begins in Cancun, new research lays out a worst case scenario for a faster-warming planet.
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350 EARTH pulls off world's biggest art project [PHOTOS & VIDEO]
Here?s a behind-the-scenes look at the biggest art project the planet has ever seen -- so big that in some places we needed to back up into outer space for enough perspective.
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One year after Copenhagen, and counting
The first thing to say about the climate negotiations – meeting soon in sunny Mexico – is that they’re teetering at the edge of what, back in the day, we used to call a “legitimation crisis.” On every side, folks are eager to suggest that the negotiations have become a waste of time. It’s gotten […]
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Turkey can be climate friendly; spinach, not so much [AUDIO]
Anna Lapp?, the Farm Sanctuary manager, and others on how our food system effects the climate, and how climate change might impact the food's future.
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Coal drives 2009 global carbon emissions higher than expected
Increased coal use in the developing world, particularly China and India, boosted global greenhouse gas emissions to the 2nd highest level on record.
