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Duck hunters vs. 'Big Wind' [VIDEO]
A rep from the United Waterfowlers of Florida spoke out against a proposed wind-energy project on the Daily Show last night .
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Born after 1976? You've never experienced normal global temperatures
If you're under 35 and you think you've lived through a cold year, you're wrong. Think Progress notes that the last year mean global temperatures were below normal was 1976.
That means more than a quarter of the population (and statistically more people reading this, since it’s on the internet) really has no idea what the global climate would feel like if humanity hadn't been messing with it for more than a century. -
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The new normal: billion-dollar disasters
The U.S. has racked up more mega-expensive natural disasters in 2011 than ever before.
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Stuff white people like: denying climate change
A new study finds that conservative white men are far more likely to deny the threat of climate change than other people.
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Critical List: Debt deal cuts energy programs; solar-powered spacecraft goes to Jupiter
Is Congress passing a bill? Then you can bet it's bad for the environment. The debt deal is no exception.
We're almost out of time to start dealing with climate change, a new report says. Emissions would need to peak in 2020 in order for the planet to escape real damage. So … yeah.
Related: "Expectations are not high at the moment" for the Durban round of climate talks, according to a UN official.
Radiation levels in some parts of the Fukushima plant are still deadly. -
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Doing civil disobedience with style
Civil disobedience doesn't accomplish anything if it's boring. To make a real impact, direct action must involve the crucial elements of surprise and delight -- just like Tim DeChristopher's stunt.
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Be unprepared: the GOP war against climate adaptation
The House has been voting to gut even the most minimal federal efforts to plan for climate change.
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Glacier National Park to be devoid of glaciers by 2020
In the 19th century, there were 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park, and now there are just 25. By 2020, even those will be gone, says Daniel Fagre, coordinator of climate change and glacial geology studies in the park.
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Destroying dams could save a salmon species
Twenty years and $350 million after President George H.W. Bush first signed an act to restore Washington State's Elwha River, the process to bring down two gigantic dams has begun. That could save the Elwha’s population of salmon.
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Critical List: China makes solar power cheap; U.K. fishing fleet wastes cod
China is making solar power cheap in order to drive solar growth.
Since 1963, U.K. fishing boats have tossed $1 billion worth of dead or dying cod overboard to keep within their quotas.
In Washington State, what The New York Times calls "the largest dam removal project in American history" will destroy two dams and help salmon regrow their population.
