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California wants its cars to use half as much gas by 2030. Is it possible?
A new bill would take gasoline use in the state back to the 1960s, a time when California’s population was close to half of what it is today.
As California goes, so goes the country: Welcome to our hotter future
As both a climate victim and responder, the national style-setter leads the way.
China’s economy is in trouble, but its climate efforts are not
The country's economic slowdown might actually be helpful for the environment.
Lifting the crude oil export ban would be terrible for the climate
Congress may vote as soon as next month on whether to lift the ban, which has been in place since 1975.
California looks to boost clean energy with ambitious new climate bill
If Senate Bill 350 passes, California utilities would need to get half their electricity from renewables in 15 years.
Jon Stewart would be the perfect presidential debate host. Will it happen?
A Change.org petition is calling for the retired Daily Show host to moderate a debate. Dear God, make it so.
Scientists say we’re “super” good at killing stuff
Compared to other predators, humans are like ruthless hunting machines.
This surfer is committed to saving sharks — even though he lost his leg to one of them
Mike Coots lost his leg in a shark attack. Then he joined the group Shark Attack Survivors for Shark Conservation, and started fighting to save SHARKS from US.
Hate to be a broken record, but we’re on track for the hottest year on record
And this July was the warmest July on record going back more than a century.
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Which method of raising cows is the most climate-friendly?
A new study compares the global warming potential of different beef production practices.
This company has 400 people hyped to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies plans to break ground on a test track next year.
Costa Rica’s green plans: Sustainable coffee, bikes, and clean energy
Costa Rica has set an ambitious goal for itself: To be entirely carbon-neutral by 2021. But it’s really not that crazy.
Paranoid Republicans think EPA contaminated river on purpose
Two Utah state lawmakers speculate that the EPA might have deliberately dumped mine waste into the Animas River.
Yet another land mine for GMO Golden Rice
The real problems with a controversial, retracted study weren't about the science but about respect for the subjects' values.
California is sinking. Blame the drought.
And you can blame up to 25 percent of the drought on climate change.
U.S. taxpayers are getting ripped off by fossil fuel extraction
Coal-mining and oil-drilling programs on federal land are big money-wasters, in addition to polluting the environment and hurting the climate.
Your organic fruits and veggies might have been irrigated with fracking wastewater
Irrigation water appears to be a major loophole in the USDA's organic food safety program.
Balloon releases at college football games? Sack that custom
A reader wants to know how his college's customary balloon swarm affects the environment. Umbra offers
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