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Can (online) games save the (real) world?

This article was originally covered by PRI's The Takeaway. For more, listen to the audio above.People spend about 3 billion hours every week playing online games, according to Jane McGonigal, author of...

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Egyptian protests, climate change, and global food prices

By Peter ThomsonThe throngs of protestors in the streets of Cairo this week have a host of grievances. There are the decades of authoritarian rule of course, and the lack of political expression or...

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Climate change activism goes Hollywood

This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Hollywood producer Marshall Herskovitz has a history of making audiences pay attention. He's best known...

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Generation Hot: Impact of climate change on children

This story originally aired on PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Being a parent these days is tough. There's a lot to worry about: Will my kids get jobs, can we afford their...

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Deadly weather: Global warming or just a fluke?

This year is the ninth deadliest year on record. And over the long term, temperatures are getting warmer and rainfall is getting less predictable. Professor Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist...

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Teenager sues U.S. government over climate inaction

Alec Loorz, a 16 year-old, is making a federal case out of the government's climate inaction. Loorz is a junior from Ventura, California and founder of iMatter.org. It’s an online movement to mobilize...

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Strange weather and climate change

This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Relentless rainfall - a deluge that dumped five months worth of rain in just 14 days - and a massive...

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Supreme Court rules: EPA, not states, must regulate greenhouse gasses

The decision basically reaffirms a 2007 decision that says the EPA can and must regulate greenhouse gasses, though Justice Thomas and Justice Alito still disagree with that. The problem for...

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Kids vs. Global Warming: Suing the government for the environment

"The time has now come for young people to stand up and hold our government accountable," says Alec Loorz. He's been organizing iMatter Marches for young people to make their voices heard for the...

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Climate change creates wildfires, wildfires create climate change

During wildfires, huge amounts of nitrous oxide is given off into the atmosphere. "On a molecule-per-molecule basis, nitrous oxide is three hundred times more potent than carbon dioxide," biologist...

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How to keep kids safe in a toxic world

This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.Interview by Bruce GellermanJust as parents have to figure out a way to talk to their children about sex,...

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Earth enters period of turbulent solar weather

Story from Living on Earth. Use audio player above to listen to full interview.During a solar storm the sun's magnetic field becomes unstable and we get space weather. The portion of space weather...

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