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Extreme Coral Bleaching in Great Barrier Reef

Powerful report from Australian Broadcasting about damage to the Great Barrier reef, currently being observed. It’s one of the most widely predicted consequences of a warming, acidifying ocean....

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John Oliver on How Internet Bullshit Works

  Having sat thru innumerable climate denial videos in the last 10 years, the parallels are rather stark. And in this case, funny. Relates to this new post by Joe Romm at Climate Progress. Donald...

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Breaking: New Record Low for Winter Arctic Ice Declared

National Snow and Ice Data Center: BOULDER, Colo., March 28, 2016—Arctic sea ice was at a record low maximum extent for the second straight year, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice...

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Coal’s Accelerating Collapse

If coal giant Peabody goes down, as seems increasingly likely, the investment community’s orderly retreat from Coal may turn into a rout. New York Times: The grave environmental damage from coal-fired...

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New Renewable Transmission Can Bring a CO2 Free Economy

We can do this. Science: Analysts have long argued that nations aiming to use wind and solar power to curb emissions from fossil fuel burning would first have to invest heavily in new technologies to...

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Coal CEO Personifies Big Fossil Freakout

I included a clip from Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray in my recent explainer on coal’s big crash, and some folks remarked on it. Here’s more. Murray typifies the last holdouts for a fossil dominated...

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And You Thought I was Joking

Y’all may have thought I’ve been joking over the years when I’ve said, “Climate denial is most likely caused by faulty toilet training.” So, then I read this in Jean Mayer’s book “Dark Money”, about...

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New Paper: Antarctica Melt Could Be Higher, Faster

Video from 2 years ago, as so often happens, further reinforced by the newest studies. Daily Galaxy: A new study from climate scientists Robert DeConto at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and...

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In North Carolina: A Green Tea Battlefront

Duke Energy, why do you hate God? Description: Duke Energy is bullying state regulators into pushing a hefty $120,000 fine against a local organization for providing solar power to Faith Community...

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Attorneys General Organize to Find out What #ExxonKnew

Most underreported story of the year, and probably the millenium, continues to be #ExxonKnew. A group of Attorneys General are seeking to balance the scales and take on the Energy leviathan.  They are...

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