
Next time you fly, don't look funny at the guy who might be an air marshal. They need to add one person a month to a list of suspicious activity, and if they can't find someone, they might just pick you.
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A La Niña winter spells lots of snow in the North and drought in the Southwest-just the sort of extreme weather we associate with climate change.

What ski resorts will get dumped on this La Niña winter and what regions will be left high and dry? Climate Central's Heidi Cullen explains.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a front for the biggest corporations and polluters. Small businesses are saying "the chamber doesn't speak for me."
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Natalie Jeremijenko says the way to protect the wetlands is to build more. Her xAirport builds "wetlanding" strips and reimagines how we fly.

The first two transatlantic flights powered by biofuel blends made it safely to Paris. But blowing that much fuel to get somewhere is still a luxury.

Scientist Burkhard Bauer talks about the little things in life.
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