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Bill Nye Destroys Climate Change Conspiracy Theories

Bill Nye Destroys Climate Change Conspiracy Theories

Today, we’re focusing on the good people who take on the run-of-of-the-mill internet trolls. First, our favorite science guy, Bill Nye, is back with a new video aimed at debunking climate change conspiracy theories. Vocativ combs through online conspiracy forums to see what “climate change truthers” are saying, then Nye takes down the wacky theories […]

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    Bernie Sanders: ‘This Election Is About Climate Change’

    Bernie Sanders: ‘This Election Is About Climate Change’

    The issue of climate change received a fair amount of attention on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Bernie Sanders reaffirmed his endorsement of Hillary Clinton, saying, “This election is about climate change, the greatest environmental crisis facing our planet, and the need to leave this world in a way that is […]

    6 of the Healthiest Gluten-Free Grains

    6 of the Healthiest Gluten-Free Grains

    By Julia Westbrook If you’ve sworn off grains because of the gluten, you could be missing out on a belly full of important nutrients and impressive health benefits. “Even if you’re gluten sensitive, you don’t have to give up all whole grains,” said Arthur Agatston, MD, author of The South Beach Diet Gluten Solution. “There […]

    Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Wrath on Renowned Climate Scientist Michael Mann

    Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Wrath on Renowned Climate Scientist Michael Mann

    By Sierra Rayne Despite—actually, because of—the innumerable peer-reviewed studies and national academies that have affirmed his work, Prof. Michael Mann from Penn State University continues to be on the receiving end of the fossil fuel industry’s wrath. Penn State University professor Michael Mann. In Canada, ground zero for the climate change debate is currently the […]

    7 Major Environmental Issues Already Spoiling the Rio Olympics

    7 Major Environmental Issues Already Spoiling the Rio Olympics

    From doping scandals to security concerns, the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil has been embroiled by one crisis after another—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As athletes and hundreds of thousands of tourists around the world descend into Rio de Janeiro, here are seven health and environmental controversies that have already made headlines […]

    Mysterious Green Foam Bubbles Up From Sewer in Utah

    Mysterious Green Foam Bubbles Up From Sewer in Utah

    A mysterious green foam that looks like it was taken straight out of Ghost Busters, emerged from a street vent in an Utah town. ICYMI: Utah County Investigating Weird Green Foam Bubbling Out of Sewer https://t.co/oT2dl27JY1 pic.twitter.com/e3LpYHYj54 — FoxNewsInsider (@FoxNewsInsider) July 23, 2016 Residents in Bluffdale, Utah, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, […]

    California Wildfire Triples in Size

    California Wildfire Triples in Size

    A huge wildfire burning since Friday in the Santa Clarita Valley area north of Los Angeles has tripled in size over the weekend to 33,172 acres, destroying at least 18 homes and leaving one man dead. More than 1,500 homes have been evacuated as 1,673 firefighters battle the Sand fire. A California wildfire spread across […]

    10,000 March in Philly Calling for a Clean Energy Revolution

    10,000 March in Philly Calling for a Clean Energy Revolution

    At high Noon Sunday, with temperatures heading toward 95 degrees, I’m confident I was not the only one preparing to march through the streets of downtown Philadelphia who recalled that old elementary-school story about the wig-wearing drafters of the Declaration of Independence huddled inside of Independence Hall on a sweltering July day. In fact, on […]

    5 Things to Consider After 14 Months in a Row of Record Heat

    5 Things to Consider After 14 Months in a Row of Record Heat

    By Astrid Caldas There is just so much to digest in the latest release of monthly global temperature data by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), I thought I needed to say something. I just don’t know where to start, so bear with me, please, as […]