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This is a Mess: EPA Begins Quest to End California’s Fuel Waiver
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8 years ago
The Trump administration has enacted phase two of its plan to revise Obama-era rules designed to cut pollution from vehicle emissions. In a proposal sent to the White House Office of...
She Tried To Report On Climate Change. Sinclair Told Her To Be More "Balanced."
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8 years ago
For three years, Suri Crowe worked for a TV station owned by Sinclair. She clashed with management — including over stories about climate change and guns. Sinclair Broadcast Group executives...
The Sorcerers' Apprentices ... ... by Bob Nelson
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8 years ago
I'm an "amateur"... in lots of things: sciences (just about all of them) history, religion, art, ... According to Webster, an amateur is: 1 : one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or...
What happened to winter? Vanishing ice convulses Alaskans' way of life
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8 years ago
Arctic Dispatches, part 1: The past winter was the warmest on record in the Arctic, putting a lifestyle that has endured for millennia at risk: ‘The magnitude of change is utterly...
'Amazing but also concerning': weird wildlife ventures to northern Alaska
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8 years ago
Arctic Dispatches, part 2: As the Arctic heats up, residents of Utqiaġvik are experiencing first contact with unusual species that are making their way polewards Last July, Nagruk...
Climate Change Is Messing With Your Dinner
Via: bob-nelson
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Environment/Climate
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8 years ago
The world’s dinner tables are seeing the impact of climate change. As cold regions become warmer, and warm places hotter still, farming and fishing are shifting. An evolving climate means big...
Now Scott Pruitt Thinks Climate Change Could Be Good
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8 years ago
On the heels of revelations that he called President Donald Trump an “empty vessel” in 2016, EPA Chief Scott Pruitt is now thinking this whole global warming thing might not be so bad after all....
Trapped on an Island With Wolves, the Only Way Out for These Caribou Was Up
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8 years ago
Early on Saturday, amid blowing snow and temperatures at minus 13 Fahrenheit, three caribou were blindfolded, earplugged and bundled into a helicopter on an island in Lake Superior. The...
One year in, Trump's environmental agenda is already taking a measurable toll
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8 years ago
A massive coal ash spill near Knoxville, Tenn., in 2008 forever changed life for Janie Clark’s family and left her husband with crippling health problems. So Clark was astounded late last year...
Most of the members of the National Park Service advisory board just quit en masse
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Environment/Climate
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8 years ago
Three-quarters of the members of the National Park System Advisory Board, a group that advises the National Park Service, quit on Monday evening. In a letter informing Interior Secretary Ryan...
Humidity may prove breaking point for some areas as temperatures rise, says study
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9 years ago
From US south to China, heat stress could exceed human endurance Climate scientists say that killer heat waves will become increasingly prevalent in many regions as climate warms. However, most...
These are the melting glaciers that might someday drown your city, according to NASA
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9 years ago
Source New York City has plenty to worry about from sea level rise. But according to a new study by NASA researchers, it should worry specifically about two major glacier systems in...
Trump-released gov't report: Climate change mostly human-caused
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9 years ago
Trump-released gov't report: Climate change mostly human-caused The Washington Post Christopher Mooney, Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis 52 mins ago The Trump administration released a dire...
Storm chaser: Hurricane Irma’s winds feel stronger than Harvey’s
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9 years ago
Storm chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer are out in some of the most extreme winds of Hurricane Irma. Drake says it is “by far the strongest winds” they’ve experienced — more powerful than what...
Melting permafrost in the Arctic is unlocking diseases and warping the landscape
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9 years ago
Source Last August, an outbreak of anthrax in Siberia sickened 72 people and took the life of a 12-year-old boy. Health officials pinpointed the outbreak to an unusual source. Abnormally...
Coffee under threat Will it taste worse as the planet warms?
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9 years ago
Coffee drinkers could face poorer-tasting, higher-priced brews, as a warming climate causes the amount of land suitable for coffee production to shrink, say scientists from London’s Kew Gardens....
Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic Are Piling Up On An Otherwise Pristine Pacific Island
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Environment/Climate
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9 years ago
Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic Are Piling Up On An Otherwise Pristine Pacific Island By Camila Domonoske, NPR, May 15, 2017 Henderson Island, in the South Pacific, is thousands of miles from any...
There are diseases hidden in the ice, and they are waking up.
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9 years ago
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly 4 May 2017 Throughout history, humans have existed side-by-side with bacteria and viruses. From the bubonic plague to smallpox, we have evolved to resist them, and...
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