Dot Earth

New York Times blog

  • Added Oct 10, 2008
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  • 1 posts in 24 hours : 34 posts in 4 weeks
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Nov 20
Private Climate Conversations on Display : More than a decade of climatologists' private chatter gets a Web airing....
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Nov 19
Japan's Fleet Departs to Hunt 900 Whales : Japan's whaling fleet heads to sea, and a marine conservationist and scientist decries the impending kill....
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Nov 19
A Dim View of U.S.-China Electric Car Plan : A specialist in energy and transportation says China needs efficient cities more than efficient cars....
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Nov 18
Innovative Countries, Energized Campuses : Reports examine countries and campuses for innovations focused on building a better world....
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Nov 18
No Free (CO2) Lunch for Frequent Fliers? : A company promoting responsible travel cancels sales of "carbon offsets" to compensate for greenhouse gases from flying....
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Nov 17
Details on U.S.-China Climate and Energy Plans : A senior Obama admnistration official in China explains the new partnership on energy and climate....
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Nov 17
An Energy Plan from the Greenhouse Giants : The United States and China unveil a suite of projects aimed at expanding energy choices while limiting emissions....
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Nov 16
No Tuna Surprise : Conservationists and U.S. officials say quotas for catching bluefin tuna in the Atlantic were not lowered enough to restore the species....
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Nov 16
A Climate Communicator's Indian Journey : A journalist's journey through India reveals the potent divisions over climate change between communities with and without wealth and access to energy....
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Nov 14
No Formal Climate Deal in Copenhagen, Leaders Say : Cutting the pressure on climate negotiators, world leaders say no binding treaty deal will be reached in Copenhagen next month....
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Nov 14
Group Warns of Failing Effort to Manage Tuna and Sharks : Campaigners and biologists warn that countries meeting to manage shared stocks of tuna and sharks are ignoring science....
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Nov 14
Your Dot: Turcios and Dougherty on Earth-Scale Ethics : Thoughts on the need to transfer common ethical norms to the scale of a planet....
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Nov 13
Your Dot: On Mobbed Owls and Blog Discourse : On owls, mobs, climate and blog discourse...
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Nov 13
Japan's Budget Review May Rein in Whaling : Japan ponders budget cuts that may limit whaling, but campaigners prepare to harass its fleets regardless....
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Nov 13
A Carrot for 'Real' Comment Contributors : A way to give more prominence to Dot Earth readers who show themselves....
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Nov 12
Voices on Copenhagen and Beyond : A gallery of wishes and concerns related to impending talks over a new climate treaty....
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Nov 12
Senators Propose Prizes for Capturing CO2 : Two senators introduce a plan to offer awards for extracting carbon dioxide from the air....
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Nov 12
More Record Highs and Far Fewer Lows : Researchers find cold records declining and hot ones on the upswing in a warming United States climate....
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Nov 11
Flashback: On 'Slow Drips,' from Trash to CO2 : On slow drips, from trash in the sea to CO2 in the atmosphere....
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Nov 10
New Models for Environmental Communication : New ways to cover a world full of environmental stories at a time when old models for communication are eroding....
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Nov 10
Fresh Demands From 'Front-Line States' in Climate Fight : Poor countries restate their case that rich countries need to help them confront climate risks and stanch emissions propelling warming....
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Nov 9
E.P.A. Intervenes on Video by 2 Employees : The E.P.A. tells two agency lawyers to make clearer that a video they posted criticizing the Obama administration's climate policy solely reflects their own opinions....
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Nov 5
New York State Environment Official Appointed to a Position With the E.P.A. : Judith Enck, Gov. A. Paterson's deputy secretary for environment has been appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency as the administrator of Region 2....
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Nov 3
Religion's Role in the Climate Challenge : Leaders of the world's major religions seek climate commitments at Windsor Castle....
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Nov 3
Al Gore's Climate Choice : Al Gore's new book finds the core of the climate challenge, and solutions, in the human brain....
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Nov 2
E.P.A. Lawyers Challenge 'Cap and Trade' for Climate : Two government environmental lawyers say global warming needs a big response, just not the one pushed by President Obama and Democrats in Congress....
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Oct 30
Fresh Warnings on Climate Overstatement : Scientists point to the risks of glossing over climate complexity in warnings on warming....
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Oct 29
Some Tough Thoughts on Climate Policy : Readers share discouragement over the Obama administration's approach to energy and climate....
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Oct 28
Tracking White House Energy Forum : Tracking a live forum on prospects for a clean-energy economy held by President Obama's climate and energy team....
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Oct 28
Going Beyond Finding Your Home on Google Earth : Can Google Earth move beyond "There's my house" to improving the planet?...
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Oct 27
How U.S. Households Could Cut Emissions of Greenhouse Gases : A new study says the United States could reduce its greenhouse emissions by nearly 8 percent in the next decade if Americans undertook a short list of behavioral changes....
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Oct 27
Artists in the Arctic : A philosopher, musician and author explores Arctic sounds and sights from a sailboat....
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Oct 27
The Energy Quest Begins : The first three dozen grants are announced in the Obama administration effort to prime the energy innovation pump....
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Oct 27
A Global Focus on a Hot Number : From the pyramids to an Antarctic mountaintop, people express a single global goal for CO2....
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