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The significance of Obama’s cryptic Keystone comments
The president's comments about the Keystone XL pipeline don't necessarily mean he'll reject (or approve) it. But they might reveal a radical way of thinking about infrastructure in an age of climate change.
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Heat-related disasters? There’s a map for that
Help us track the summer's extreme heat and weather incidents with this magical map we made in like a day.
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The coal industry’s desperate PR efforts: old, lame, and ineffective
Among the highlights of President Obama’s climate change speech was an explicit recognition that polluting industries and the members of Congress who do their bidding will oppose climate action with the […]
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future
By Lester R. Brown In 1938 Walter Lowdermilk, a senior official in the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traveled abroad to look at lands that had […]
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No, fast food isn’t actually good for you: In defense of Pollanites
A new article in The Atlantic argues healthy eaters and Pollanites should embrace fast food so the industry will reform itself. What's wrong with this argument?
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President Unveils “Obama Climate Pollution Test” for Future Energy Projects
Today, in his speech at Georgetown University, President Obama challenged us to answer the essential question for every future energy policy decision we face – what will the net climate […]
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What Obama’s Climate Announcement Means for Coal and Clean Energy
If you’re reading this post, then you are part of the last generation of people who will have the chance to stop runaway climate disruption. Coal-fired power plants are the […]
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Newly licensed pilot aims to cross the Atlantic in an electric airplane
The idea is to do what Charles Lindbergh did — but in an electric plane.
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For Our Future, Today Can’t Be Obama’s Final #ActOnClimate
This afternoon at Georgetown University, President Obama plans to announce a series of “steady, responsible steps” to tackle climate change. It appears that the president will finally begin to make […]
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No-drama Obama unveils series of modest, sensible steps on climate change
Obama's climate plan contains no sweeping, cathartic gestures, just a series of small, sensible steps. But small, sensible steps matter.
