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With the Keystone Pipeline, Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands
Posted by Yale Environment 360: Bill Mckibben on October 6th, 2011
Yale Environment 360: In the last three years, three things have happened to the climate movement, one political, one meteorological, and one geological. Taken together, they explain why 1,253 people were arrested outside the White House in late summer protesting the Keystone XL pipeline -- and why that protest may be the start of something big and desperate.
Here’s the political thing: When Barack Obama was elected, he carried with him the hopes of people the world around that something might finally happen to break...
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Scientists seek to document later fall colors
Posted by Associated Press: David Sharp on October 6th, 2011
Associated Press: Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar.
Scientists don't quite know if global warming is changing the signs of fall like it already has with an earlier-arriving spring. They're turning their attention to fall foliage in hopes of determining whether climate change is leading to a later arrival of autumn's golden, orange and red hues.
Studies in Europe and in Japan already indicate leaves are changing...