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January 21, 2016
New House Bill Gives Away Public Lands, Creates Pseudo-Wilderness Areas
Among other things, the proposal would create new oil and gas drilling zones that are exempted from environmental protections.
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Agriculture Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help To Satisfy The World’s Demand For Food
What happens when the start-ups of Silicon Valley meet the farmers of Salinas Valley?
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January 20, 2016
New Hampshire’s Struggling Ski Towns Want To Know What Ted Cruz Will Do About Climate Change
"In 20 years, we'll see if the same kind of community exists around here," one resident said. "I'm not sure it will."
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California’s Attorney General Is Now Investigating Exxon
New York has already subpoenaed the company. Both investigations stem from revelations that Exxon's scientists knew about global warming as far back as the 1970s.
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We Just Lived In The Hottest Year On Record
2015 was by far the hottest year on record globally. In fact, NOAA reports that “2015 is Earth’s warmest year by widest margin on record.” 2015 set the record for setting records!
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The Future Of The Grid Is Here, In These Two Products
The Department of Energy announced millions in grants to support storage integration with solar-generated electricity.
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The Secret World Of ‘Aquatic Cocaine’
Asian communities' demand for a fish bladder is driving two marine species only found in Mexico to extinction.
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January 19, 2016
What Sarah Palin Really Wants From Her Donald Trump Endorsement
Trump has said he'd be willing to give Palin a position in his cabinet.
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Novelist Obliterates The Bundy Militia — And Oregon’s Largest Newspaper — In 194 Words
"Ammon Bundy and his bullyboys aren't trying to free federal lands, but to hold them hostage. I can't go to the Malheur refuge now, though as a citizen of the United States, I own it and have the freedom of it."
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Climatologist Wants To Keep Working With Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Climate Deniers Attack Him
NASA climatologist and astronaut Piers Sellers has a moving op-ed about his plans to keep working despite his diagnosis of terminal cancer. So, naturally, the deniers attacked him.
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