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  • Added Oct 10, 2008
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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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Oct 27
Keeping Natural Gas in Pipelines, Not Air : More evidence that capturing a potent greenhouse gas can pay off with profits....
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Oct 27
Thought Experiments on Birth and Death : Rush Limbaugh reacts to a population report by proposing that a reporter kill himself to save the planet....
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Oct 27
A Branson Video Without Climate Comments : Richard Branson's comments on climate and conflict don't make the cut in a Wall Street Journal video....
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Oct 27
On CO2, Small Steps for Big Emitters? : Slow going for a process created by President Obama to aid work on a new climate treaty....
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Oct 27
Smil on Hummers, Hondas, Meat, Heat : A longtime student of global risk says humans are both Wile E. Coyote, over the cliff, and the ultimate escape artist....
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Oct 27
Queries on The Times and the Environment : An exploration of questions about The Times and the environment....
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Oct 27
Branson on the Power of Biofuels and Elders : An entrepreneur and balloonist with a knack for pushing limits while managing risk muses on how to smooth the human journey....
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Oct 27
A Greenhouse Gas That Is Already a Commodity : The E.P.A. says its own estimates of a potent greenhouse gas escaping from natural gas wells are 12 times too low....
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Oct 27
'Striving for No' in Climate Talks : A student of Saudi Arabia's climate policies sees signs of engagement, but worries about a "deal-breaker" role in treaty talks....
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Oct 27
Huge Snakes Pose 'High Risk' to U.S. Ecosystems : A federal analysis concludes that five giant snakes introduced to the United States through the pet trade pose a high risk to ecosystems....
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