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Column: The other cause behind global warming
There is no more denying that global warming is real. Melting ice caps, rising ocean levels, growth of deserts and increases in global temperatures are all proof that the planet is getting warmer. However, the debate over the cause of the warming remains.
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Column: Obama should take his cues from Brazilian president Rousseff
The Brazilian people elected Dilma Rousseff, the country’s first woman President, to office in 2010. She may be the world’s most powerful woman, holding the reins to Brazil’s optimistic yet cautious economy.
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Column: Keystone confusion
On Wednesday, January 18, in a move fomenting consternation within Republican circles and celebration within environmentalist ones, President Barack Obama announced the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Column: Obama said no…
The Keystone XL Pipeline was designed to carry oil to the Gulf of Mexico from the Canadian tar sands, a particularly dirty source of crude oil. According to NASA’s top climate scientist James Hansen, the full development of the Pipeline would mean “game over for the climate”.
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Researchers to use zebra dung in biofuel project
Most people wouldn't want to step in a pile of smelly zebra dung, but researchers at Tulane U. are jumping right into it. Scientists have found a bacterium called TU-103 in the waste of African zebras, which might be the solution to a cheaper enzyme for biofuel, according to The New York Times.
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Column: GOP playing politics with Obama and Keystone pipeline
Debate over a proposed pipeline extension came to an abrupt halt last week after President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada's application until a final environmental impact statement is completed.
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Obama rejects proposed Transcanada Keystone XL pipeline
The nearly four-year battle over the Keystone XL oil pipeline's approval is done, though the project could still find new life in a separate proposal. In a statement Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama announced he was rejecting the project's permit following the advice of the U.S.
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Controversial climate researcher speaks on
Michael Mann, a prominent climatologist and former U. Virginia professor, spoke yesterday at U.Va. about the growing evidence of global climate change and the increasing “politicization of science” as part of the annual EnviroDay symposium.
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New solar cell could revolutionize industry
Translucent windows harvesting the sun's energy more efficiently than our current solar panels, cell phones that charge when exposed to ambient light and lights powered by the sun on a cloudy day may not be figments of scientists' imagination.
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