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Climate Change Explained in 60 Seconds

Global warming is happening, and it is, in fact, our fault. This video shows us how.

Whatever Shall We Do with All this Extra Oil?

Oil companies want the crude-export ban lifted. Is that a good idea?

Where Art Thou Superfund?

Find a toxic waste dump near you! (And then don't go there.)

The Sound and the Fury

On the trail of the "Windsor hum," a mysterious noise that’s making Canadians crazy.

Wrap Party

Looking for another reason to worry about fracking? We're going to bubble-wrap the entire planet with the overabundance of plastic it produces.

The Life Aquatic

Studying the nautilus nearly cost biologist Peter Ward his life. Now he’s trying to save the ancient mollusk.