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Climate Study: By 2085 All U.S. Cities Except San Francisco Will Be Too Hot to Host Summer Olympics

A new article in the medical journal The Lancet has concluded much of the Northern Hemisphere will be too hot by 2085 to host the Summer Olympics. Researchers are projecting only

August 24, 2016
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Inaction on Climate Change Could Cost Millennials $8.8 Trillion in Lifetime Income

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A new study has found that without action on climate change, the millennial generation as a whole will lose nearly $8.8 trillion in lifetime income dealing with the economic, health and

August 24, 2016
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‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’

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Scientist Peter Wadhams believes the summer ice cover at the north pole is about to disappear, triggering even more rapid global warming Peter Wadhams has spent his career in the

August 21, 2016
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Category: Science

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Climate Change

Donna Murch: “Nearly everyone who’s being arrested or incarcerated is incurring criminal justice debt. And in many states you can be stripped of your right to vote until you pay off all of your criminal justice debt. So I talk about that essentially as a modern day poll tax.”

‘They Are Incentivized to Arrest People Because It Raises Money’ - CounterSpin interview with Donna Murch on for-profit punishment

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Janine Jackson interviewed Donna Murch about for-profit punishment for the August 12, 2016, episode of CounterSpin.

August 19, 2016
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Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?

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Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons. A discussion that'll make you think — and might even change your mind.

February 1, 2010
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Technology

In Conversation: Communications and Technology After Fossil Fuels

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Modern communications systems send information across vast distances in massive quantities at breathtaking speeds. Every sector of the economy depends on the capture, access, and rapid transmission of information: from stock