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What is a ‘sky river,’ and why is Miss Piggy flying in it?
Scientists recently flew through the thick of the wet and wild Pineapple Express on an airplane called Miss Piggy. Top that, Kermie.
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Mississippi utility must repay $281M for illegally financing “clean coal”
The state supreme court ruled that Mississippi Power "exceeded its authority" when it raised electricity rates for 186,000 households to fund a controversial, $6.17 billion power plant.
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If you think that California is dry now, wait until the 2050s
When it comes to drought in the West, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
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In rural Mississippi, the future of coal looks a lot like its past
21st century technology promises to turn a dirty fuel in to green energy. But at $6.1 billion and counting, the dream of "clean coal" is still out of reach.
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![U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome members of the Jackie Robinson West All Stars Little League baseball team, including DJ Butler (bottom L), Lawrence Noble (#7), Eddie King (#18) and Jaheim Benton (far R), from Chicago in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington November 6, 2014. The team won the U.S. bracket of the Little League World Series this summer, before falling in the finals to the Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea.]()
![U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome members of the Jackie Robinson West All Stars Little League baseball team, including DJ Butler (bottom L), Lawrence Noble (#7), Eddie King (#18) and Jaheim Benton (far R), from Chicago in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington November 6, 2014. The team won the U.S. bracket of the Little League World Series this summer, before falling in the finals to the Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea.]()
How Chicago’s Little League scandal cheats city kids
The young players from Jackie Robinson West were stripped of their Little League title. City kids everywhere may have lost a lot more.
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Will San Francisco’s water snobs drink from the gutter?
California's persistent drought has led San Francisco to take a second look at its long-neglected underground streams and springs.
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Can we green the hood without gentrifying it?
How gentrification dirties up environmental cleanups.
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Who says gentrification is a myth?
Recent reports claim that gentrification is fiction. But it’s a fact of life for those who’ve been displaced by it.
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5 surprising electric car Meccas
Electric cars are about to blow up in these cities -- and none are on the coasts.
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Was 2014 really the hottest? Here’s why it doesn’t matter
Instead of getting stuck on annual heat records, we need to focus on the trend of global warming.
