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Disappearing Village to Exxon & Other Companies: This is Your Fault

The ocean is swallowing their home – and it’s all due to the greenhouse gases emitted by oil, power and coal companies. So, the Alaska Native village of Kivalina wants Exxon, BP and others to pay the price for their sacrifice.
As the city of Kivalina makes plans to move two miles away because of the [...]

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Once Again: Winter Doesn’t Disprove Global Warming

Why is it that we have to go through this every year? Winter arrives. It gets cold. Dumb-as-a-rock Fox commentators make sarcastic comments insinuating that global warming is a scam. Dumb-as-a-rock sheeple repeat the stupidity all over the internet. And so it goes.
Despite the fact that 2009 is one of the hottest years on record, [...]

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Make No Mistake: Antarctica is Shrinking

As per usual, global warming deniers are trying to spin a few pieces of misinterpreted data as evidence that the earth is actually cooling. Their argument du jour: “Then why is Antarctica gaining ice?”
The rumor originates from two recent studies that have indicated a slowing of overall surface melting across Antarctica.  But, NASA explains, the [...]

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Echoes of Storms Could Crumble Ice Shelves

Melting isn’t the only consequence of global warming that is causing ice shelves in Antarctica to break up. Scientists have discovered that another cause for the alarming collapse of these vital masses of ice is the ‘echoes’ of severe storms that have occurred thousands of miles away.
As the climate continues to change across the planet, [...]

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Youth to World Leaders: You’re Not Done Yet

Hopes for a viable agreement in Copenhagen may have collapsed, but hope for climate change action that can make a real difference didn’t – especially among the youth of the world. The international youth climate movement has a message for world leaders: you’re not done yet. Neither are we.

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Say Goodbye to the World’s Highest Glacier

The highest glacier in the world is set to disappear forever. The Chacaltaya glacier, which formerly served as Bolivia’s only ski resort, was the world’s highest lift-served ski area and the northernmost ski area in South America. All that remains of the ski area is a 600-foot stretch that is only occasionally covered in snow, [...]

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