Denialgate: Leaked internal documents supposedly from the right-wing Heartland Institute portray a concerted effort to spread anti-science rhetoric (including in classrooms) in alignment with industries and wealthy donors that oppose strong action on climate change -- because it would hurt their bottomline. Heartland, naturally, denies it. (Actually, the institute says one document is a fake and the others were "stolen" -- sound familiar?) DeSmogBlog, Scientific American
Pollution problem: Even "moderate" air pollution can be more than moderately irritating. A study found increases in strokes immediately following somewhat poor pollution days in Boston. The conclusion? Reducing fine particulate matter by just 20 percent could have prevented more than 6,000 strokes in the Northeast in 2007. CNN
Blowhards: Wind is a good thing for wind turbines, right? Well, not that much wind. A new study suggests that hurricanes could destroy as many as half of the offshore wind turbines that the U.S. plans to build along parts of the East Coast. Of course, as long as we continue failing to build any, this won't be an issue. Popular Mechanics
Water World: Where is most of the world's fresh water going? To grow our food. The Guardian
Pipe dreams: TransCanada isn't giving up hope. The company now expects the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be in service by early 2015. Reuters
Surging surges: Remember in Point Break when Patrick Swayze goes to Australia for the 50-year storm? Now he can just stay in the States. A new study of Manhattan flooding risks due to hurricanes shows that so-called "100-year" storm surges are likely to happen way more often in a warming world -- like every three to 20 years. Treehugger
Homemade wind: More than 80 percent of Kenyans lack electricity. So some people are building their own wind turbines from scratch. Co.Exist
Scat hunter: Wildlife ecologist John Vucetich follows wolves around a national park in Michigan. Sounds like a cool job, until you realize that he's mostly chasing poop. New York Times
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