The National Weather Service said Tuesday was the rainiest day since at least 1880 in Pensacola, Florida. While it probably wouldn’t be correct to say that climate change caused Pensacola’s floods, it surely made them more likely.
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Supreme Court’s pollution ruling ‘a victory for Obama administration’
Top court’s decision on EPA’s powers means about 1,000 power plants will have to adopt new pollution controls.
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Apple: Climate change is real and it’s a real problem
Technology company claims 94 percent of its corporate facilities are now powered by renewable energy.
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Beefing up population density won’t curb greenhouse gas emissions
Thanks to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, we now can picture how America’s urban centers are locked inside vast rings of emissions-spewing sprawl.