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Oct 28, 2017

US winter has shrunk by more than one month in 100 years

Douglas Fischer

Scientists find that climate change has helped push first frosts later across the country.

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theconversation.com

Australia's bushfire smoke is lapping the globe, and the law is too lame to catch it

When a bushfire burns in one country, smoke drift means it can become the world's problem. But the law lacks the teeth to hold those responsible to account.

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North Dakota signals no new conditions on pipeline expansion

North Dakota regulators signaled Thursday that the state would not impose conditions beyond those required by the federal government on a proposal to double the capacity of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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undark.org

Opinion: Climate change is a political crisis, not a reproductive one

Asking millennials to forego children in the name of climate change only lets the fossil fuel industry off the hook.

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World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes a year

The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling.

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Farming's growing problem

Fertilizers are contaminating and warming the planet. Regulators haven’t acted on decades-old warnings.

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www.post-gazette.com

'Their timeline is aggressive:' Hilco plans to clean up polluted Philly refinery site, city says

Hilco Redevelopment Partners, whose $240 million bid won an auction to acquire the bankrupt Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery site, aims to move quickly to clean up the 1,300-acre South Philadelphia property and redevelop it.

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The problem with China's single-use plastic ban

Just swapping single-use plastic for compostable alternatives won’t do much if none of them end up in the compost.

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The battle over pipelines, population and property rights in Texas’ Hill Country

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

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Trump’s other war is going well

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

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Climate change, inversions, and the rise of “super pollution” air events

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US winter has shrunk by more than one month in 100 years

Australia's bushfire smoke is lapping the globe, and the law is too lame to catch it

North Dakota signals no new conditions on pipeline expansion

Opinion: Climate change is a political crisis, not a reproductive one

World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes a year

Farming's growing problem

'Their timeline is aggressive:' Hilco plans to clean up polluted Philly refinery site, city says

The problem with China's single-use plastic ban

The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

The climate beat, where you constantly pray that you're wrong—but rarely are.

The battle over pipelines, population and property rights in Texas’ Hill Country

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

Trump’s other war is going well

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

Climate change, inversions, and the rise of “super pollution” air events

Why the air was unsafe to breathe and reeked of "hospital waste" in a Pennsylvania community this Christmas

Together, we make mud

Environmental politics at the start of a new decade

For 2020: Not a resolution, but a plea

As we head into the new year how about a little more honesty and a little more reality? And a lot more passion when needed.

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US winter has shrunk by more than one month in 100 years

The climate beat, where you constantly pray that you're wrong—but rarely are.

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

Why the air was unsafe to breathe and reeked of "hospital waste" in a Pennsylvania community this Christmas

Environmental politics at the start of a new decade

As we head into the new year how about a little more honesty and a little more reality? And a lot more passion when needed.

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