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Beyond a reasonable drought: California’s dry spell could be the worst in 500 years
And why it's too late for the rain.
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Food desert mirage: Better groceries may not bring better health
A hard look at the effort to bring fresh food to the urban poor suggests that it may not be an effective way to improve their lives.
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There’s no “warming pause” — trade winds are burying heat in the Pacific
New research helps explain why excess heat is being absorbed into the ocean: big-ass winds.
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Good news: Most Americans want climate action. Now for the bad news …
Clear majorities are concerned about climate change and favor action to mitigate it, a new poll finds. But Republican politicians just don't care.
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Of pipelines, lunch counters, and warheads: Effective protest requires concrete goals
The policy wonks are missing the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline fight as a rallying point.
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Train of thoughtlessness: Proposed rail line puts NOLA neighborhood on the wrong track
Locals are railing against a proposal that would move train tracks away from a well-heeled suburban neighborhood and into a poor urban one.
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Why growing chocolate in Mexico is an act of resistance
In Mexico, cocoa crops have nearly been wiped out. Watch a farmer and a chocolatier fight to bring it back.
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Climate Movement on the Move
“The fight to stop KXL will be one of the defining battles of our generation. A victory here will mark the close of the old carbon era, and the start […]
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Iowa is getting sucked into scary, vanishing gullies
The gullies are essentially pipelines that move prime soil (and herbicides and pesticides) from fields into streams.
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Secretary Jewell highlights Pacific Northwest climate impacts, but dodges questions about coal leasing
The same week that a Government Accountability report highlighted problems with the way the Interior Department is leasing taxpayer owned coal, Interior Secretary Jewell was touring the Pacific Northwest to […]
