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The dogged, dauntless determination of Jim Gordon

Once had a cur, a mutt with an attitude. Mutt hated the basset hound next door, and feeling was mutual. No leash laws in the South then, so the dogs mixed it up at will. The two fought for a decade. Ripped ears nearly off. Gashed eyes. Lots of blood. Lots of stitches. Jim Gordon wants to win.

For 13 years Jim Gordon has fought and scraped against powerful foes to set 130 turbines in the waters off Cape Cod. He's certain success is right around the corner.

By Doug Struck for The Daily Climate

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Pricing Arctic change, for boardrooms and soccer moms

Daily Climate's #ClimateDoorstep project continues on social media and on Kickstarter.

Gail Whiteman is part of coterie of leading scientists who will be working with The Daily Climate over the next year to develop our "Climate at Your Doorstep" platform.

Notice a change in your world and wonder if it's climate change or just weather? Snap a picture, ask a question, and post it on Facebook or Twitter with a #climatedoorstep hashtag. Daily Climate staff, as well as Whiteman and other scientists, will be watching that hashtag. We're hoping to provide the best science and journalism in a place where readers can shape and interact with it, based on events happening now.

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'Climate at Your Doorstep' Kickstarter Intro

Check out the video to our Kickstarter campaign! Please donate to the #climatedoorstep project!

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Climate change, happening now

Help us put the best climate science and journalism together in a place where you can interact with it. We need your support today.

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In last year's weather extremes, more sign of human fingerprints

Climate change greatly increased the risk of heat waves in 2013 and likely influenced the severity of other extreme weather such as droughts, heavy rains and storms, according to an annual tracking of human imprints on our changing weather.

A Climate at Your Doorstep story.

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"Her day was getting up, eating if she could, then crawling back into bed" An astonishing look at the spread of Lyme disease in North America, by reporter Marianne Lavelle of The Daily Climate.

Feel the impact of having the disease.

Learn why Canada was so slow to react to the disease's march northward

Get a glimpse at what other nasty surprises ticks may have for us

And can mothers pass Lyme disease to their children through the womb?

It's all on The Daily Climate now. A #climatedoorstep story

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Hitting the road this summer? Take a closer look at all the roadside greenery slipping past. It stores a lot of carbon. And with better management, it could store a whole lot more.

Catch science reporter Marianne Lavelle's story on The Daily Climate.

Photos courtesy Missouri Department of Transportation, New Mexico DOT, and Rob Ament/Montana State University.

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Polar bears, contrary to conventional wisdom, are adapting to a life on land and can get enough food to survive the ice-less summer months in the Arctic, according to new research shared in Missoula, Mont. at the North American Congress of Conservation Biology.

Daily Climate has the story here.

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Greening the World Cup

It was supposed to be the "Copa Verde," a celebration of the greenest World Cup ever. Instead, the "Green Cup" has become a flash point for social injustice.

Reporter Autumn Spanne takes us to Rio to explain how the 2014 World Cup could change the way global sporting events are built and marketed.

Read the story here on The Daily Climate.

(photos courtesy Brazil's World Cup Portal)

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Want to keep your climate edge this summer? Check out The Daily Climate's annual summer reading list:

Summer reading for the climate crowd

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Loathed by motorists, loved by fruit trees, California's tule fog fades away.

A dramatic drop in California's iconic – and dense – winter fog has made driving safer for Central Valley motorists. But it could put a dint in the state's $15 billion fruit and nut crop.

A Climate at Your Doorstep story.

Read the story, by Daily Climate reporter Marianne Lavelle, here:

http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/05/tule-fog-decline

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Awful allergies this year? Blame global warming.

Here on the Daily Beast.

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Nature is not a designation.

What good is wilderness if we can't see the nature in our backyards? An essay by Bozeman, Mont., writer Alan Kesselheim.

Here on The Daily Climate.

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Wake up and smell the rising cost of coffee. Climate-related events have driven up the price of Arabica beans to nearly twice what they were a year ago.

Climate News Network has the story here, via Climate Central.

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How do you build bike commuters? By adding bike lanes. Tim Potter, a bicycle mechanic on the Michigan State University campus, explains the area's transformation over the past 15 years in this short video.

And Daily Climate reporter Brian Bienkowski looks at the picture nationwide in this story here:

http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/04/bike-commuting-investment

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Climate risks as conclusive as smoking and lung cancer link - scientists

In an unusual policy intervention, U.S. scientists say evidence that the world is warming is as conclusive as the link between smoking and lung cancer.

Read the whole story here at The Daily Climate.

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Warming winter sends no love to Olympic bid cities

All five cities vying to host the 2022 winter games could face some of the warmest weather they've ever seen when the Olympics open, according to a Daily Climate analysis.

With athletes at the Sochi games complaining about mushy snow, a peek at what climate models are predicting might be prudent when picking host cities in the future. By Lindsey Konkel for The Daily Climate

Read it here on The Daily Climate.