Environment

The Congressman, the Safari King, and the Woman Who Tried to Look Like a Cat

Inside the shadowy nonprofit that throws some of DC's finest junkets.

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| Tue Mar. 12, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

MAP: Is the Next Fukushima in Your Backyard?

Two years after the disaster in Japan, at least a dozen nuclear power plants in the US have had meltdown scares.

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| Mon Mar. 11, 2013 9:58 AM PDT

"They All Look Like a Vatican Version of the Tea Party Movement"

Still, who among the cardinals would be the greenest new pope?

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| Mon Mar. 11, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Navy Says Biofuels a Priority During Sequester

Sequester be damned. The Navy hopes to keep up a full head of steam on biofuels and energy efficiencies programs.

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| Fri Mar. 8, 2013 4:18 AM PST

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Forest Service on Wildfires: Burn, Baby, Burn

The agency appears to have back off its controversial "aggressive initial attack" strategy for wildfires.

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| Fri Mar. 8, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Insurers on Climate Change: Whatevs

And that's after a year of $58 billion in losses, mind you.

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| Thu Mar. 7, 2013 11:57 AM PST

The Scariest Climate Change Graph Just Got Scarier

New research takes the deepest dive ever into historic climate records and makes the famous "hockey stick" graph look even more dire.

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| Wed Mar. 6, 2013 11:25 AM PST
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How Climate Change Worsened Violence in Syria

International security experts explain how low rainfall can evolve into violent conflict.

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| Tue Mar. 5, 2013 2:41 PM PST

We Are Hot-Boxing Ourselves With Dangerous Gases at a Furious Pace

Planet-warming emissions soared in 2012.

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| Wed Mar. 6, 2013 9:51 AM PST

Can This Contraption Make Fracking Greener?

A California company says its new tool can help plug methane leaks. But the proof will be in the fracked pudding.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 12:38 PM PST

We're Scarily Close to the Permafrost Tipping Point

Lose the permafrost, lose the battle to preserve a habitable climate.

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| Tue Mar. 5, 2013 4:12 AM PST

Why It's So Hard to Protest Climate Change

Politics, blame, and other road blocks that are holding the movement back.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 12:37 PM PST

Enviros Cheer Obama EPA Pick

The activists are jazzed by Gina McCarthy's record of cracking down on air pollution.

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| Mon Mar. 4, 2013 8:28 AM PST

New Obama Admin. Report on Keystone XL Pipeline Has Enviros Worried

Green groups say they'll keep fighting to block the tar sands pipeline.

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| Fri Mar. 1, 2013 3:46 PM PST

NASA Scientists Are Turning LA Into One Big Climate-Change Lab

Lazers, mechanical lungs, and the quest to better understand cities' carbon emissions.

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| Fri Mar. 1, 2013 1:18 PM PST
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TIMELINE: Shell's Year of Arctic Screwups

Shell's maiden drilling voyage in the Arctic hit a year's worth of rough seas.

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| Fri Mar. 1, 2013 4:00 AM PST

VIDEO: On the Ground at the BP Gulf Oil Spill Hearings

More than $17 billion is at stake as the civil trial against BP opens in New Orleans.

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| Thu Feb. 28, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Top 4 Reasons the US Still Doesn't Have a Single Offshore Wind Turbine

The United Kingdom has 870. Germany has 416. So what's stopping us?

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| Thu Feb. 28, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Former BP Boss Says Deepwater Horizon Wasn't His Fault

In court, former BP executive Tony Hayward says cost cutting did not lead to the oil rig explosion.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 2:28 PM PST

6 Ways the Sequester Will Mess Up the Environment

National parks, food inspection, and clean-energy development are just a few of the programs that will take a major hit.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 11:00 AM PST