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Professor refutes claim that clouds cause global warming
In August, Texas A&M U. atmospheric sciences professor Andrew Dessler's work concerning clouds' influence on climate change attracted media outlets not for its mainstream results, but for its direct criticism of an earlier paper.
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Column: Drilling it in
Since 1981, a moratorium against offshore oil drilling has been renewed by every Congress. There has been almost constant debate and concern over the moratorium in recent years as direct result of rising gas (petroleum) prices and political pressure by (mostly) Republican politicians from oil-rich st...
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Column: The World Trade Organization’s silent victims
Unbeknownst to many, the World Trade Organization has increasingly attacked U.S. consumer and environmental policies. In the past month, the WTO has ruled that both dolphin-safe tuna labels and the U.S.
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Column: So long, Solyndra
I was back in my native Bay Area last summer, driving north on I-880, the first time I saw it. Shortly after passing the Dixon Landing Road exit, I noticed on my right a huge building that hadn’t previously caught my attention.
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Plans for new underground park begin to take shape in New York
In a city of skyscrapers, cabs and closet-sized apartments, New Yorkers might soon be able to find their open green space underground. Entrepreneurs Dan Barasch, R. Boykin Curry IV and James Ramsey are working to build a community green space the size of Gramercy Park below ground.
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Developed countries get poor marks on climate change aid report
Of the $30 billion promised to developing nations by developed nations to combat climate change at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, only $7 billion has definitely been given, according to research compiled for a September report on countries' transparency levels ...
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Species displaced by climate change face unexpected obstacles
As climate change affects many animals' habitats, conservationists, environmentalists and scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about their ability to survive environmental disruptions. In a yearlong study that began in early 2009, Dov Sax, Brown U.
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Column: Free-market capitalism for green energy
The recent collapse of solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra is an example of why politics and business don't mix. The company's loss of over $500 million in federal loans came as no surprise to auditors or analysts who had been over its financials within the past two years.
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UCLA researchers combine techniques into new technology to create drinking water from the sea
Sitting on Yoram Cohen’s desk is a bottle filled with water that once belonged in the ocean. “It tastes great,” said Cohen, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. “It’s the best-tasting water ever.
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