Throughout the twenty-first century, climate change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong
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The Ford Motor Company has produced a brilliant rejoinder to the widely-disliked ad created by General Motors’ Cadillac division for the 2014 Super Bowl. In
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Risk of massive slide ‘unforeseen’? Warnings go back decades The Seattle Times connects with geologists who have long been concerned with the a catastrophic failure
LaunchReid: Time to stop acting like those who deny climate crisis have a valid view
I am grateful to Senator Schatz, Senator Whitehouse and Senator Boxer – and many other Senators who will join this climate change debate tonight –
LaunchCoal miners say they were surveilled, harassed after making safety complaints
Coal miners say they were surveilled, harassed after making safety complaints The Huffington Post chronicles the legal trouble that miners like Kentuckian Reuben Shemwell have
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The sound of Hubbard Glacier, courtesy of Bernie Krause.
LaunchThe fallout from the Fukushima disaster, three years later
Greenpeace Canada: The fallout from the Fukushima disaster, three years later
LaunchHundreds of youth arrested at anti-Keystone XL pipeline protest at White House
Yesterday, hundreds of progressive students were arrested in front of the White House in what advocacy journalists say was one of the largest youth sit-ins
LaunchAlaska wolf killings upset National Park Service
Alaska wolf killings upset National Park Service The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s dumb decision to slaughter an eleven-member wolf pack in the eastern
LaunchNewspapers across America fail to identify wind power critic as hired gun for oil industry
Newspapers across America fail to identify wind power critic as hired gun for oil industry Media Matters takes note of all of the newspapers that
LaunchEffort underway in California to ban wasteful plastic bags
It has become increasingly clear to the public the environmental damage that single-use plastic bags have reaped… This is the beginning of the phase-out of
LaunchMonsanto develops hardier strain of corn that yields four times normal litigation
Monsanto develops hardier strain of corn that yields four times normal litigation The Onion is on a roll this week. The satirical publication’s latest home
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A synopsis of Divided by Coal (click to watch): Bellingham, Washington is at the heart of an intense battle over plans to build North America’s largest coal
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