Overload: Egyptian Cobra Takes New York, and More

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An Egyptian cobra escaped the Bronx Zoo today, and promptly found it's way onto Twitter.

If you care—as I do—about clean energy, and if you are—as I am—a fan of the long form interview, you can't do any better this week than the 5-part conversation between Grist's Dave Roberts and Alexis Madrigal, author of the soon-to-be-published Powering the Dream.

20 years of Newt Gingrich flip-flopping on climate.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been cyber-spying on opponents (wonder if that includes us?), and Richard Clarke says it's a felony.

China's next Five-Year Plan is pretty damn ambitious on climate and clean energy.

Overload is a daily round-up of what we're reading at GOOD Environment HQ.