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Here’s how California could fix its drought-time water woes
By improving irrigation, efficiency, recycling, and stormwater-capture practices, California could free up enough extra water to meet all of its cities' needs.
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Guess which company got the first U.S. commercial drone permit?
Oh – hello, BP! Always a pleasure to hear from the Charlie Sheen of the oil industry.
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Illinois becomes first state to ban lake-fouling microbeads
The plastic microbeads will be barred from personal-care products starting in 2017. Other states might soon follow Illinois' lead.
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Red states pump out more carbon pollution than blue ones
Which states are going to kick up a fuss over the EPA's proposed power-plant rules? New data from Yale, along with some clever maps, help answer this question.
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Four reasons to love Obama’s power plant rules, and three reasons not to
Don't know what to think of EPA’s proposal for regulating CO2 emissions from existing power plants? We've boiled the brouhaha down for you.
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Three reasons you shouldn’t lose hope on climate change
Ezra Klein recently declared that we've lost the climate fight. We beg to differ.
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Grist’s Brentin Mock talks about climate change’s new poster children on MSNBC
Polar bears and and ice caps are out. Black and Latino kids, burdened by air pollution at far higher rates than whites, are in.
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Obama really wishes he could put a price on carbon
In an interview with Thomas Friedman, Obama explains his thinking on climate change, from the dangers of methane leakage to the importance of avoiding cynicism.
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Finally, an electric car that crushes all the others (literally)
Drive an E-Bigfoot, pimped out with with a super quiet electric motor, and those cars you’re gonna crush won’t even hear you coming.
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Six ways climate change is screwing with your seafood (and what to do about it)
Think of this as a study guide for your climate-change-and-seafood pop quiz.
