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Yes, Scientists Can Link Extreme Weather Events To Climate Change

"In the past, a typical climate scientist’s response to questions about climate change’s role in any given extreme weather event was 'we cannot attribute any single event to climate change.'"

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Record-Shattering February Warmth Bakes Alaska, Arctic 18°F Above Normal

February shattered previous monthly temperature records, NASA reports. Human-caused global warming is pushing the Arctic in particular toward very dangerous levels of heat.

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Environmental Policies Are Good For Business And Innovation, Study Says

"Governments should stop working on the assumption that tighter regulations will hurt their export share and focus on the edge they can get."

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Marco Rubio Refuses To Name Any Of His Advisers On Climate Change

When ThinkProgress asked Rubio at a Friday press conference which groups or experts he has consulted to come to this conclusion, he cited only unnamed "economists and scientists."

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Would Saving A Livable Climate Destroy Buffett’s Fossil Fuel Empire?

Warren Buffett has been building a vertically-integrated fossil fuel empire -- one that develops, delivers, processes, and burns the most climate-destroying fuels. Can Berkshire Hathaway thrive only if humanity doesn't?

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Rubio Rejects Plea From Republican Mayor Of Miami To Accept Scientific Consensus On Climate Change

"The United States is not a planet."

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Iowa Just Approved An Oil Pipeline That Will Cut Through Four States

The only thing Bakken Pipeline developers need now is an Army Corps of Engineers permit.

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Family Wins Case Against Fracking Company After 7 Years Of Polluted Drinking Water

The Pennsylvania families have been fighting for six years to prove that an oil and gas company polluted their drinking water.

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One Of The U.S.’s Top Salmon Providers Just Lost Millions Of Salmon

A massive algal bloom has killed millions of fish in Chile, threatening the country with millions of dollars in lost profits.

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Environmentalists Hope Obama And Trudeau’s Arctic Agreement Leads To Ban On Drilling

They have talked the talk, but will they stop oil leasing?

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