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In which our hapless hero does his best to get himself out of the hole he dug when he asked, in front of all the world, that friends and family give his kids nothing for Christmas.
The key to carbon zero cities lies not in retrofitting old structures, says Alex Steffen, but in optimizing the tons of new building we'll do over the next 20 years.
A worldwide transition to a climate-balanced global economy lies completely within our reach. How can that be? The answer sits right where we live.
Companies like Monsanto and Syngenta want farmers to think of drought-tolerant seeds as an insurance policy against hot, dry weather. But for farmers who don't take care of the soil, these seeds look like a gamble.
For President Obama to come in and tell them and other Sandy victims that he cares more about the airline lobby than their well-being and the global climate would be an epic disappointment.
The New York mayor's endorsement was less a push for Obama's electoral victory than a shove to get climate back on the national agenda.
Gasoline has emerged as a critical -- and scarce -- commodity in the wake of Sandy.
Well, that last part isn't true.
Researchers have found that sea levels will rise for thousands of years to come, at least 1.1 meters by the year 3000 and maybe a lot more. So try and build your ark by then.