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Santorum: 'There's no such thing as global warming'
In a Glenn Beck interview, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said global warming is a hoax and called for a drill everywhere oil policy.
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Which cities can best adapt to climate change?
Here are the most resilient -- and most vulnerable -- cities to climate change.
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Join us in civil disobedience to stop the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline
We want you to come to Washington in the hottest and stickiest weeks of the summer and engage in civil disobedience that will likely get you arrested.
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Me, on Seattle public radio, talking cities and climate
On KUOW's "The Conversation," David Roberts talks about the grim prospects for national or international climate policy and the rays of hope coming from cities.
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Interactive climate change maps show just how screwed we are
The Climate Hot Map, from the Union of Concerned Scientists, notes climate trouble spots worldwide. These are by no means all the effects of global warming -- for instance, we're guessing that Canada is not in fact a charmed oasis, untouched by climate change outside of one river in the Northwest Territories. But it does give you a sense of just how widespread the crisis is. (And maybe they'll keep updating it until it's just a mass of flags.)
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Al Gore attacks Obama for not speaking out on climate change
Is there anything more thrilling than two Democratic politicians duking it out? One guy opens with … punishing inaction! The other counters with … an unforgiving steel 7,000 word essay […]
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Digging for permafrost in the Last Frontier
How much carbon is being released by the thawing of the Arctic's so-called permafrost? Ecologist Ted Schuur braves Alaska to find out.
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Sea level rose faster in past century than during previous 2,000 years
Scientists have just released evidence that confirms what they already suspected: Sea level has been rising faster over the past century than during the previous 2,000 years, and it's definitely down to warming associated with climate change.
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Sexually frustrated dolphins go on murderous rampage
A major threat to the world's porpoises comes from an unexpected quarter: Dolphins who aren't getting any.
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Critical List: Two nuclear plants in the path of Missouri River floods; sea levels are rising
Two nuclear power plants are in the path of the Missouri River floods, but DON'T WORRY EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A new study verifies that the sea has risen more quickly during the past one hundred years than at any other time in the last millennium, and that climate change is definitely, absolutely, positively, no question to blame for that.
Because the Obama administration likes tourist attractions that bring in gazillions of dollars to Arizona's economy, it's not going to let anyone mine for uranium on the 1 million acres of land surrounding the Grand Canyon for the next 20 years. After 20 years … well, hell, it’s only a big hole in the ground.
