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The heat trapped by global warming equals 1 million Hiroshima bombs a day
"The radiative forcing of the CO2 we have already put in the atmosphere in the last century is … the equivalent in energy terms to almost half a billion Hiroshima bombs each year."
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Capsized by the rising tide: Does growth lead to income inequality?
The “rising tide” of global economic growth is lifting mostly yachts. But some nations show that inequality and environmental ruin don't have to be inevitable outcomes of economic growth.
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‘Winter Jam Canceled Due to Lack of Winter’
The New York City parks department’s annual Winter Jam in Prospect Park has been nixed due to unseasonably warm temperatures — it’s kind of hard to have winter sports demonstrations when you don’t have any winter. (There is basically no way we could improve on the Times headline about the decision, so we’re just gonna let that sit […]
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Obama doesn’t back down on clean energy
During the State of the Union, I was watching for whether the president would back down on clean energy in the face of coordinated GOP assault. He did not. Instead, he doubled down.
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Geoengineering could boost crop production, says study
Adding tiny, sunlight-blocking particles to the upper atmosphere -- a.k.a. the “artificial volcano” approach to geoengineering -- could help crops avoid the effects of global warming.
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Critical List: Obama boosts clean energy; Bingaman energy standard coming soon
“I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy,” President Obama said in his State of the Union. He didn’t talk about fighting climate change, though. The state of the union is: unsurprised. Sen. Jeff Bingaman says he’ll release his proposal for a clean energy standard in the next few weeks. Durban could […]
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Boehner invites pipeline pals to State o’ Union
As the camera pans around the Capitol chamber for President Obama’s State of the Union address, see if you can spot the representatives from the state of Oil: four avid supporters of the Keystone XL Pipeline who will attend the speech as the guests of House Speaker John Boehner.
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Newt’s win in South Carolina bodes well for climate
Newt Gingrich defied cynicism and tapped into voter anger to win South Carolina. That's what it will take to achieve large-scale climate solutions, too.
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Holy crap, solar storm!
YOU GUYS THAT’S WHAT THE SUN LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. (Sort of. It’s a false-color composite of some UV photography of what the sun looks like right now. But it’s still pretty rad.) That up there in the upper right corner is the biggest solar storm in seven years, and a coronal mass ejection from […]
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Critical List: Sumatran elephants critically endangered; Al Gore goes on a cruise
Sumatran elephants are critically endangered. Watch out for the solar flare that’s supposed to hit Earth today! It’s the strongest since 2005. President Obama might pump increased domestic oil and gas production in his State of the Union.
