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David Letterman is coming out of retirement to talk climate change. -
The former Late Show host has signed on as a correspondent for the second season of the National Geographic Channel's climate change series, Years of Living Dangerously. The comedian will travel to India to report on the country's efforts to go solar. Variety
Oregon state police are investigating whether poachers killed two wolves last month. -
The pair, which had been raising pups, was found dead of "unnatural" causes. Killing wolves is illegal in Oregon, where these endangered predators number just 79. The Oregonian
Uncle Sam wants YOU to stop trashing food. -
Americans currently throw away about 30 percent of our food each year, an estimated 133 billion pounds. So the government is launching campaigns to teach us how to buy what we need and eat what we buy in order to meet the new (voluntary) goal of cutting food waste 50 percent by 2030. NPR
Olympic organizers razed a 500-year-old forest to make way for a ski slope. -
Ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, officials removed tens of thousands of trees from Mount Gariwang, a site that's both culturally significant and home to many endangered species. Environmental groups call the move an ecological disaster. The Guardian
Air pollution kills more people than AIDS and malaria combined. -
A new study finds that particulate matter and ground-level ozone are responsible for 3.3 million premature deaths each year. If there's no change in pollution trends, the toll could double to 6.6 million by 2050. Smithsonian
Climate change will make the Arctic a haven for mosquitoes. -
A new study finds the parasite's survival rate will jump 50 percent with a temperature increase of two degrees Celsius in the region. Arctic mosquitoes don't carry dangerous diseases, but the itchy harassers could affect the behavior of caribou and reindeer, which indigenous communities rely on for food. The Guardian