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The Obama administration proposes Arctic-drilling rules. -
The oil industry is calling the safety requirements—which include having spill-control equipment available within 24 hours—“unnecessarily burdensome.” Know what's more burdensome, Big Oil? An oil spill...in the Arctic! Huffington Post
We live in constant fear of flooding. If the island is lost, we'll all die.
—Bokul Mondol, whose family had to abandon their farm on India’s Bali Island. The waters of the Bay of Bengal are rising twice as fast as the global average, threatening to displace 13 million people—a forced migration that would be the greatest in human history. CBS News
Skip meat, save the world, say government scientists. -
The expert panel wants new dietary guidelines to mention the huge environmental impact of meat production, which accounts for 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions globally. (The move makes the politically powerful meat industry very hangry.) National Journal
January was the second warmest ever recorded. -
Though January 2007 still holds the top spot, last month's temperatures were about 1.39 degrees Fahrenheit above average. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that 2014 was the hottest year in history. Well, human history, anyway. NOAA
BP will stop sending petroleum coke to Chicago. -
The company announced that it will halt shipments from its Indiana refinery later this year, a win for communities that sit in the shadow of the lung-damaging dust piles. Chicago Tribune
NYC could see up to six feet of sea-level rise this century. -
The New York City Panel on Climate Change’s latest report also says that the Big Apple is in for more frequent heat waves and extreme precipitation events. Boston and Washington, D.C. (and everywhere in between) have reason to worry, too: That entire coastal corridor will likely suffer the same fate. Scientific American