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Climate change could give you rabies
If rabid environmental activists don’t get their way, the rest of us might end up rabid too. This year’s drought is leading to a huge jump in rabies rates in stricken states, and climate change will only make it worse.
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Chump change: Stopping global warming is much cheaper than you think
Politicians like to claim we can't afford to take drastic climate action right now. A U.K. report debunks that myth.
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Why The Hunger Games is no climate parable: A science fiction pro explains
Author Paolo Bacigalupi (Windup Girl, Ship Breaker) talks about what a real eco-apocalypse looks like and the power of science fiction to inspire a better future.
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Forest Service employee traps and tortures wolf, doesn’t get fired
When wolves came off the endangered species list in western states like Idaho, wildlife advocates worried how the species would fare without protection. Ranchers aren’t known to be particularly fond of wolves, for starters. In March, a disturbing story confirmed some of advocates’ worst fears: A Forest Service employee had trapped and tortured a wolf […]
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My radio silence
I said the other day that I'm going to start blogging more and then I went silent. What's up?
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Romney supported cap-and-trade in 2003 as a way to combat climate change
To add to the growing list of Mitt Romney's flip-flops on energy and climate, in 2003 he called cap-and-trade "an effective approach" to mitigating climate change.
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More power for women means less climate pollution, study suggests
Here's another indication that women are greener than men: In nations where women’s status is higher, CO2 emissions are lower, according to a new study.
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Scientists use Thoreau’s journal notes to track climate change
By examining Thoreau's records of flowering dates, researchers found that Massachusetts temperatures have increased by 2.4 degrees C since the author's time.
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George Bush’s hometown is running out of water, thanks to climate change
The president whose State Department thanked Exxon executives for their "active involvement" in helping to determine climate change policy is watching the town in which he grew up squirm in the grip of Texas' epic, climate change-enhanced drought.