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Why climate change is so threatening

Jedediah S. Purdy (Duke): American Natures: The Shape of Conflict in Environmental Law. Dirk T. G. Rubbelke (BC3): International Support of Climate Change Policies in Developing Countries: Strategic, Moral and Fairness Aspects. Jennifer Krencicki Barcelos and Jennifer Marlow (Washington): Global Warring and the Permanent Dry: How Heat Threatens Human Security in a Warmer World. Fact-free science: How the right is using tactics learned from the left to discredit climate change. Money pollution: Bill McKibben on how the U.S. Chamber of Commerce darkens the skies. Why are Americans so ill-informed about climate change? Earth in the Balance: An article on 7 crucial tipping points. Naomi Klein on why climate change is so threatening to right-wing ideologues. A review of Here on Earth: A New Beginning by Tim Flannery (and more). Enter the Anthropocene: It’s a new name for a new geologic epoch, one defined by our own massive impact on the planet — that mark will endure in the geologic record long after our cities have crumbled. Paul N. Edwards on his book A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming. If green nukes are even half as promising as their proponents claim, then supporting their development may be our best hope for a sane, sustainable, and abundant energy future. Extreme Measures: Must reporters cite climate change in every article about severe weather? Futurist Ray Kurzweil isn’t worried about climate change. The sky is not falling: We are not facing extinction, and climate change is not killing the planet. David Roberts on what we have and haven’t learned from "Climategate". An interview with Alexis Madrigal, author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology (and more and more).