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Appeals court to EPA: You just keep on regulating greenhouse gas
Good news. And now, we assume, the chastened polluting industries will quietly upgrade their systems to reduce greenhouse emissions, and we'll never speak of this again.
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Rising sea levels: It’s worse than you think
New research published in Nature Climate Change offers updated, comprehensive projections of sea-level rise over the next two centuries. The news is ... not good.
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Greenland is feeding endangered whale meat to tourists
Denmark wants permission for indigenous communities in Greenland (which it rules) to catch more whales for food, The Guardian reports. Problem is, an environmental group has found that the whale meat’s not actually going to feed indigenous communities. It’s going to tourists who I guess get a kick out of eating something endangered: The [Whale […]
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How’s the weather, America? June 26, 2012 edition
What do you do when there are too many awful weather-related happenings across the country? You make a map.
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Congress’ flood insurance plans could actually pass despite being sensible and realistic
Not that we are getting ahead of ourselves.
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Everything you need to know about Tropical Storm Debby, and more
What you need to know about the storm currently bearing down on the state of Florida, including whether or not it's safe to go to Disney World. (It is.)
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Lonesome George, the last Pinta tortoise, dies at age 100
George was the world’s rarest tortoise and a symbol of the Galapagos.
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Earthlings: Bad at not emitting carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide output in 2010 was higher than any prior year. Nice work, all.
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These weed-eating goats make more money than you
Staten Island’s Freshkills Park, a former landfill that’s being transformed into a public parkland and “laboratory for green practices,” is engaging in job creation — for goats. Twenty Anglo-Nubian goats are nibbling away at invasive weeds called phragmites, as one step of the wetlands restoration process that will turn Freshkills less killy and more fresh. […]
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This video might ruin cute animal videos for you forever
Hey, remember that video with the slow loris being tickled? The one that used to make me laugh until I peed? Yeah, well, get ready to never want to watch it again, after you watch this video of a Jakarta animal market selling lorises and other exotic and domestic pets.
