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Welcome to Energy and Environment, your weekly digest on environment, energy, science and policy from Chris Mooney. Here’s a sample for your immediate enjoyment. If you have been signed up by mistake or you’d rather not receive it, click here to unsubscribe.   The biggest coral reef in the continental U.S. is dissolving into the ocean; How climate change may be fueling Canada’s fire season; Why outgoing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was willing to bet big on a climate change deal; Elephant ivory is big business in Hawaii. Now the state wants to ban it.; Air pollution is dangerous. But here’s why you should still walk and bike outdoors; Scientists say 75 percent of the spotted leopard’s habitat is gone.; Environmental groups sue EPA, seek stricter rules over fracking waste linked to earthquakes; World Bank: The way climate change is really going to hurt us is through water; Even in states suing over new climate regulations, coal use is shrinking; Earth may be home to a staggering one trillion species, scientists say; Officials knew fireworks at Mount Rushmore could cause a fire. But they didn’t expect this.; How a top environmentalist responds when a Koch executive acknowledges climate change; This disease has killed a million trees in California, and scientists say it’s basically unstoppable; Dominoes fall: Vanishing Arctic ice shifts jet stream, which melts Greenland glaciers; Why we're still so incredibly confused about methane's role in global warming;   With Chris Mooney   The biggest coral reef in the continental U.S. is dissolving into the ocean Human activity seems to be causing the ocean to become more acidic. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more » How climate change may be fueling Canada’s fire season Less snow and earlier snow melt can contribute to dryer conditions. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Why outgoing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was willing to bet big on a climate change deal "The discussions on whether climate change is happening or not are over," Ban Ki-Moon said. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Elephant ivory is big business in Hawaii. Now the state wants to ban it. Hawaii went well beyond New York and California's recent bans on sales of elephant ivory. Its law would ban artifacts from more than a dozen species. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Air pollution is dangerous. But here’s why you should still walk and bike outdoors Scientists say the benefits of outdoor exercise more than outweigh the danger of dirty air. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Scientists say 75 percent of the spotted leopard’s habitat is gone. A dramatically shrinking habitat across two continents is putting the famously stealthy leopard in danger of vanishing -- for real. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Environmental groups sue EPA, seek stricter rules over fracking waste linked to earthquakes Environmental groups say the EPA is decades behind in improving regulations for the waste generated by oil and gas drilling. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   World Bank: The way climate change is really going to hurt us is through water Warmer temperatures threaten water supplies and could wreck economies. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Even in states suing over new climate regulations, coal use is shrinking New data suggest there might be less to fight over when it comes to Obama's Clean Power Plan. By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Earth may be home to a staggering one trillion species, scientists say A new study suggests a mind-boggling diversity of microbial life. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Officials knew fireworks at Mount Rushmore could cause a fire. But they didn’t expect this. USGS scientists went to Mount Rushmore to test for chemicals, but they didn't really expect to find this one. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   How a top environmentalist responds when a Koch executive acknowledges climate change A Koch Industries official said that climate change is real and people have something to do with it. By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   This disease has killed a million trees in California, and scientists say it’s basically unstoppable The disease could have been stopped far earlier, if major resources had been brought to bear, research shows. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Dominoes fall: Vanishing Arctic ice shifts jet stream, which melts Greenland glaciers The cascade of Arctic changes that's melting Greenland. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Why we're still so incredibly confused about methane's role in global warming A new study suggests we could be overestimating the importance of methane to global warming. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Speaking of Science The latest and greates in science news, in your inbox twice a week. Sign Up »         Share Energy and Environment:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Energy and Environment. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071