Iraqi Veterans Join Environmentalists in the Oiled Gulf - TIME

Think Al Gore or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just made up global warming? Then listen to Pentagon, which is already preparing for a warmer world.

How Obama can wean the country off oil without help from Congress | Grist

The stimulus package passed in 2009 included $32.7 billion for the Energy Department to tackle climate change, and some of that money is now being dispersed to business and federal agencies.

Twitter / Andy Revkin

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Twitter / Kate Sheppard

"The only person in America not running from the heat this summer is LeBron James." -- Ed Markey, on record heat this summer.

Lake Tahoe ski areas report 2nd busiest season in history

The resorts cited the increases to the copious amounts of snow of snow that fell (more than 600 inches in some cases) which also allowed some of the areas to operate starting around Halloween and running through the Fourth of July.