1.0 link 136531 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-meier/environment-slips-as-key_b_136531.html The presidential race in Virginia is heating up--so is the environment. In the same week that an autumn heat wave brought 80º days to the Commonwealth, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report that Arctic temperatures climbed 9º Fahrenheit above normal this fall, Greenland's ice melted at a record rate, and the thawing permafrost threatens to release massive amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. But where does the environment or the candidates'...

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