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Bill Moyers Speaks at LBJ Library

Elana Estrin | Posted 01.18.2012 | Media

Elana Estrin

Two days after Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured in a Tucson shooting, renowned journalist Bill Moyers found himself sitting in a radiology lab awaiting an MRI for a torn muscle.

Will North America Be the New Middle East?

Bill McKibben | Posted 09.13.2011 | Green

Bill McKibben

The president alone decides if the pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico is "in the national interest." There are, however, already worrisome signs within the Obama administration.

Climate Revolutions

Tommy Stadlen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Tommy Stadlen

When tomorrow's historians assess the origins of the Arab Spring Revolution, a number of plausible causes will present themselves. But central among them will be the role climate change has played in increased food prices.

Floods Damage An Already Stressed Great Barrier Reef

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

CAIRNS, Australia — Murky freshwater runoff from Australia's worst flooding in decades is adding to stresses from pollution and warming seas on ...

Australia's Flood-Ravaged North Anxiously Awaits Cyclone

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

SYDNEY — Authorities scrambled to airlift hospital patients from the path of a cyclone roaring toward waterlogged northeastern Australia and urg...

Outreach In The Outback: Queensland Flood Victims Band Together To Survive

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Dave Lines is no stranger to catastrophe. As a senior firefighter, Lines specialized in disaster relief in his career and helped his fellow Aussies...

Green News Report: January 13, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Australia...

Are Australia's Deadly Floods A Sign Of Times To Come?

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

STOCKHOLM — Though you can't make a direct link between Australia's killer floods and climate change, they do hold a warning for the future: Sci...

Why Are The Australian Floods So Severe?

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Up to 40,000 homes in Brisbane could be flooded as the water continues to rise in Australia's third largest city. ...

Australia's Third Largest City Under Water

AP | JOHN PYE | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRISBANE, Australia — Floodwaters washing through Australia's third-largest city crested Thursday just shy of record levels but high enough to s...

Australia's Flood Death Toll Rises To 8

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRISBANE, Australia — At least eight people were killed and 72 were missing after the latest downpour to hit Australia's flood-wracked Queenslan...

Australian Residents Desperately Sandbag As Rain Brings New Flooding

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRISBANE, Australia — Floodwaters from a swollen river poured into businesses in yet another northeastern Australian community Monday, as relent...

New Storms Soak Flooded Australian Towns

Yahoo! Finance | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Relief Flights Race To Help Those Affected By Deadly Australian Flood

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Australia's 'Biblical' Floods Turn Deadly

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flood...

Australia Floods Larger Than France Strand 200,000

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRISBANE, Australia — Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in northeastern Australia as the prime minister promised new...