List of Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Uses Arctic Trip to Hammer Republicans on Climate Change
The president says the melting Arctic shows that global warming is real -- and that the GOP is in denial about its causes and impact.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 5 Times Obama Was About to, but Didn’t, Have a Foreign-Policy ‘Katrina Moment’
Pundits love to speculate when Obama will have his "Katrina moment." So far, they've been disappointed.
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DUMA,WEST BANK - JULY 31: Family members and relatives of 18 month old baby, Ali Saad-Dawabsheh, view the remains of their house after a fire which was suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists on July 31, 2015 in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank. A house fire in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank, suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists, killed an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injured both parents and a four year old brother. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fukushima’s Dangerous Aftershocks
Japan is spooling up its nuclear reactors and piling up reprocessed fuel. And the tremors of these policy choices can be felt all the way in Iran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 4 Questions Chinese People Want Answered After Deadly Tianjin Blast
After a midnight explosion in Tianjin killed dozens, citizen-journalists are pressing the government to do more and share more.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch the Massive Explosion That Just Lit Up a Chinese City
The cause of the explosion was reportedly related to a shipment of explosives to the city's port.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Record-Breaking European Heat Wave Forces Ikea to Take Meatballs Off Menu in Poland
No meatballs for you, Poland!
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Map Shows Why Obama’s Green Push May be Too Late
The Obama administration just unveiled its most ambitious steps yet to curb greenhouse gas emissions and leave a green legacy for the Obama White House.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Climate and Cherry Disputes in WikiLeaks Documents Show U.S.-Japan Relations Can Be the Pits
New WikiLeaks cables purportedly show U.S. eavesdropping on ally Japan for diplomatic -- if diminutive -- details on trade and environmental policies.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-PRISON-RIGHTS BY STUART WILLIAMS (FILES)An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, 13 June 2006. From the road it is easy to miss. A small outhouse and a sign saying "Evin House of Detention" give no hint of the huge complex of guard towers and cells that lies behind. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When War and Weather Conspire
In an increasingly vicious cycle, conflict pushes people from their homes — then floods or landslides force them out of the U.N. tents where they took shelter.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Meltdown of the Global Order
Rising sea levels. Bigger storms. Withering crops. How climate change is transforming the ground rules of power politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Saudi Arabia in the North Sea
The chilly waters of northern Scotland have become the testing ground for the next generation of green energy. If the engineers can pull it off.
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corn_back_sketch1 Starving for Answers
Why Hunger and Thirst Don't Have to Doom the World.
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Muslim ethnic Uighur women pass a Chinese paramilatary police on patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region on July 3, 2010 ahead of the first anniversary of bloody violence that erupted between the region's Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's majority Han ethnicity. The government says nearly 200 people were killed and about 1,700 injured in the unrest, China's worst ethnic violence in decades, with Han making up most of the victims. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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