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The government just made it easier for oil companies to leak methane on public land

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California and New Mexico have sued over the Trump administration’s latest rollback of climate change protections to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The challenge came hours after the Bureau of Land Ma…

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How climate change causes extreme weather – The Week Magazine

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How climate change causes extreme weather
The Week Magazine
Yet despite the increasing costliness of covering floods as sea levels rise and hurricanes grow more severe, a bill to update FEMA's insurance setup remains stalled in Congress. The 21st Century Flood Reform Act passed the House last November, and …
Technology News & Topics – EntrepreneurEntrepreneur
Here's what Houston looked like before and after Hurricane Harvey hitCNBC

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Tesla Killers Not Killing Tesla But Tesla Is A Killer Killer

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Confused? I had fun with the “Tesla killer” nonsense a couple of weeks ago, and also with a decade of claims that Tesla was about to be dead (aka bankrupt), but a recent tweet or two stimulated yet one more Morning Monkey Business piece on these topics

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Bulgaria reports outbreak of virulent bird flu – Reuters

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Bulgaria reports outbreak of virulent bird flu
Reuters
SOFIA (Reuters) – An outbreak of a virulent bird flu virus has spread to a farm in southern Bulgaria, the Balkan country's food safety agency said on Friday. A three-kilometer protection zone was set around the farm in the village of Trilistnik, near …

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Could Building Massive Seafloor Barriers Around Antarctica Help Slow Sea Level Rise? – Yale Environment 360

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Yale Environment 360

Could Building Massive Seafloor Barriers Around Antarctica Help Slow Sea Level Rise?
Yale Environment 360
Large-scale geoengineering projects that would involve building walls and berms along the seafloor could help stem the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and slow global sea level rise, two scientists contend in a new peer-reviewed study …
This Insane Plan to 'Prop Up' Antarctica Could Help Save The WorldScienceAlert
Antarctica warming could fuel disastrous sea-level rise, study findsAnchorage Daily News
Scientists Think A Giant Artificial Wall Propped Up Under …IFLScience
Tech Times –Newsweek –The Cryosphere –European Geosciences Union
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10 Years After 1st Car, Tesla Production Rate = 300,000–400,000* Cars A Year

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One of the most bewildering criticisms of Tesla that I routinely see is that it can’t mass produce cars. A common variation of that is that Tesla can’t quickly ramp up production. I find both criticisms a bit absurd. They are based on limited thinking and a warped grading system. We’ve explained some of the reasons why in other pieces

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