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Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
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By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublicaAs New York gears up for a massive…
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Environmental Change To Impact Health of Millions Via Threats To Food, Air and Water, Report Finds
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Heart of Dryness: Climate Change Coping Strategies
Since the dawn of Homo sapiens in arid Africa, nine tenths of our evolution has unfolded as foragers. Only relatively recently did our species embark on agriculture, and recent events suggest certain limits to that extraordinary experiment. Exponential population growth has combined with unprecedented climate change until half the planet’s land surface can now be classified as drylands—arid landscapes inhabited by a third of humankind.
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Video: James G. Workman Discusses the Water and Climate Issues that Haunt Botswana’s Bushmen
The video above and corresponding transcript below are a Q&A author James G. Workman did with the book's publishers, Walker & Company.
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Keith Schneider: Climate Treaty Will Come After COP15
It’s been 30 years since scientists first gained a clear understanding of the dangerous consequences of continuously adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This week during the five days of negotiations in Barcelona the world learned again that the formula for solving global warming is a diplomatic chemistry problem that still defies a solution.
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Delegates Seek More Definition, Much More, in Barcelona Climate Talks
Circle of Blue's senior editor, Keith Schneider, lays the backdrop for the climate negotiations, highlighting the United States' shortfalls.
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Keith Schneider: Advocates Try To Plug the Drain of Water From Climate Negotiations
Circle of Blue's Keith Schneider examines the Bangkok and Barcelona conferences to understand why water's been pulled from climate negotiations. Schneider also talks with an advocate who's determined to put water back on the table.
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Climate Change Is Water Change — Water Experts React to Barcelona Negotiations
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India’s Leaders Argue Over River Linking Plan
Attempts to mitigates drought and climate change in India by connecting its northern and southern rivers.
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Qatar Food Company Signs $1 billion Deal to Use Sudan Farmland
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More Bad News for Arctic Sea Ice
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Water Experts Prep for UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen
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