The order will mandate a review of the Clean Power Plan, which restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants.
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N.Y. attorney general says Tillerson used email alias at Exxon
The claim comes in a protracted legal dispute in which Exxon seeks to derail probes by New York and Massachusetts into whether the company misled investors for years about the possible impact of climate change on its business.
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U.S. leaders fiddle while rest of world seeks climate action
The new administration stands apart from most Americans, in surveys, and the international community on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Movies + sustainability: The birds and bees star in 8 movies we think you should see
On Oscar weekend, Source staffers give their picks for the best films about climate change, Greenpeace and vanishing species.
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Bridging chasms: An open letter in support of science
Why do we believe cancer research but not climate research?
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60 degrees? Winter taking another break as warmth gets downright freakish
Here in southern Maine readings will reach well into the 50s today and some inland areas of York County will hit 60!
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Geologist Brenda Hall fell for glaciers as a child
Now she’s an expert on everything from the speed at which they are cracking to camping on them.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Eating less meat can make a real difference in fighting climate change
You don’t have to give up meat entirely, but changing your habits would help the planet.
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Greenland’s thaw melts a climate-change skeptic
The question for Andreas Muenchow, an oceanographer, is no longer whether the Petermann Ice Shelf is changing – it’s how fast it could give up still more ice to the seas.
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North Pole forecast to warm 50 degrees above normal Thursday
While it’s premature to say if events like this are becoming more frequent, the intensity of the warm air reaching the Arctic is almost certainly increasing.