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Climate Change This Week: Frying February, Minimizing Methane, and More!

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. When Forests Go, So Do These and many other baby animals. Source fluffyfeet at pinterest Forests: the cheapest way to store carbon From Carbon Sink to Source – … Continue reading

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Climate Change This Week: Coral Catastrophe, Ultra Thin Solar Cells, and More!

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. When Forests Go, So Do Captivating Critters, Both Prey And Predators – can you guess which one is which here? Credit Fahmi Bhs When we harm forests, we … Continue reading

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2014 Climate Insights, No Forests — No Farms, and More!

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. * * Climate-Change Christmas Carols – by Ethan Kuperberg in “Shouts and Murmurs” at the New Yorker caught my eye. Okay, I admit I haven’t sung any of … Continue reading

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Fossil Fuel Follies: Creepy Cancer, Earthquakes, and More!

OO Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Linked to Cancer Among Residents OO Evidence Connects Quakes to Oil, Natural Gas Boom OO Ohio: Fracking Triggered 400 Tiny Earthquakes Over 3 Months say scientists; Ohio requires companies to stop fracking if it causes … Continue reading

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Scientists Voice Their Consensus on Climate Change, and More!

Speaking Out: Much of the public doesn’t realize just how much scientists agree on global warming. 97 Hours Of Climate Experts On The Global Warming Consensus took place over 4 days recently at the major global warming information website Skeptical … Continue reading

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Why Natural Gas Is Not The Answer, and Other Climate Follies

WHAT DOESN’T WORK Fossil Fuel Follies Natural Gas Is a Bridge to Climate Hell writes Naomi Orestes at TomDispatch, for several reasons: 1. it leaks from wells – whether in use or abandoned (wells can rarely be sealed completely) — … Continue reading

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Patriots Win the NY Fracking War! NY Court: Towns Can Ban Fracking, Drilling

Patriots Win the NY Fracking War! NY Court: Towns Can Ban Fracking, Drilling reports Katie Valentine at Climate Progress. Big oil drilling companies sued two resisting towns, but the court ruled that anti-fracking town regulations trump state mining laws. Helen Slottje, of the Community Environmental … Continue reading

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Natural Gas Is a Bridge to Catastrophic Warming

OO Natural Gas Is a Bridge to Catastrophic Warming says Cornell environmental scientist Robert Howarth in a new study, reports Bobby Magill at Climate Progress. Over 20 years, methane (aka natural gas) is 86 times more potent than CO2. OO Even at a plausible 6.5% … Continue reading

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Gas Won’t Cut U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and More!

Cheap, Abundant Shale Gas Won’t Cut U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Much says a new study, and switching from gas to ethanol is correlated with higher ozone pollution. Foreigners now burn US carbon-storing forests via record exports of wood pellets to Europe. In India, millions die prematurely yearly from indoor … Continue reading

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Melting Permafrost Releasing More Methane Than Formerly Thought

Permafrost block of coastal tundra collapsed on Alaska’s Arctic Coast. Courtesy USGS Alaska Science Center. * Melting Permafrost Will Release More Methane Than Formerly Thoughtsays a new study, reports Gerard Wynn at Responding to Climate Change. Thawing northern peatlands are already a net … Continue reading

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