Hurricane Irene
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Critical List: Gore analogizes skeptics to racists; why Irene calmed down
According to Al Gore, climate skeptics are the new racists: they say crazy things in casual conversation that others let slide -- for now.
Here’s why Irene gave NYC a break.
NASA scientist James Hansen is planning to be arrested today at the Keystone XL protest. He told Climatewire that if President Obama approves the pipeline, he "was just greenwashing all along, like the other well-oiled coal-fired politicians."
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Climate change has made New Yorkers more vulnerable to Irene
A new map shows that climate change-related sea-level rise has boosted the number of people living in areas vulnerable to storm-surge flooding from Hurricane Irene.
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Waiting for Irene, and remembering Katrina
One of the shocking things about the flooding of New Orleans was how predictable it was. Now, New York City is staring down the barrel of a loaded gun named Irene, and failure to adequately prepare for it could lead to the kind of devastation seen after H