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It’s Groundhog Day, so here’s the real dirt on your weather forecaster
As any Groundhog Day enthusiast is aware, Phil isn’t the only rodent out there claiming to be some kind of adorable prophet.
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Cory Booker — and his full-throated support of nuclear energy — enters the presidential race
His reason: Fossil fuel pollution boosts asthma rates
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Solar-power benefits aren’t reaching communities of color
A new study in Nature Sustainability finds racial and ethnic disparities in rooftop solar adoption, even controlling for income and homeownership.
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Don’t mean to alarm you, but there’s a big hole in the world’s most important glacier
Actually, yeah, you should probably be alarmed about Thwaites.
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Despite the U.S. cold snap, January was hot hot hot
There have been 651 record daily highs across the U.S., compared to 321 record daily lows.
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Despite Groundhog Day, winters are getting shorter
It turns out Punxsutawney Phil is getting even worse at predicting when climate change is involved
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Sorry, but you’ve got a gas emissions problem
America’s energy forecasters have bad news.
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Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone pesticide
The EPA extended its approval of the weed killer for two more years, despite scientists’ warnings.
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