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    Feb 11, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV
  1. Daniels: Debt the new 'red menace'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says the United States is facing a new "red menace" — debt, not Communism — and conservatives must be realistic in cuts. Daniels, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, said Friday that...

    Tags: White House, Politics, Mitch Daniels, Indiana, Washington, DC

  2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds

    When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time.
    When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...

    Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Science and Technology, Earthquakes, Japan, Research

  4. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Carbon dioxide in atmosphere did not break 400 ppm at Hawaii site

    Carbon dioxide measurements in the Earth's atmosphere did not break the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million at a Hawaiian observatory last week, according to a revised reading from the nation's climate observers. The National Oceanic and...

    Tags: Science and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global Warming, Bodies of Water, Environmental Issues

  6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. China granted observer seat on Arctic governing council

    Reuters
    KIRUNA, Sweden (Reuters) - The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the planet's Far North. The organization, which coordinates...

    Tags: Mining, Energy Resources, Conservation, Metal and Mineral, Marine Science

  8. May 15, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant
  9. CO2 Milestone Tips Us Into 'Meltdown' Realm

    The Hartford Courant
    Last week, the world got a case of sticker shock. For the first time in recorded history, the price of our energy-rich lifestyle hit the magic number of 400 parts-per-million carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. There's no politics involved in this number....

    Tags: Landforms, Glaciers, University of Connecticut, Bodies of Water

  10. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared - study

    Reuters
    * Seas to rise 16.5 to 69 cm with moderate warming-ice2sea * Melt of Greenland, Antarctica less severe than expected By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Global Change, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nuclear Power, Environmental Issues

  12. May 14, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  13. Palm Beach County faces climate change challenges

    Sun Sentinel
    Climate change needs to start becoming a bigger factor in decisions about Palm Beach County transportation plans and development proposals, county officials said Tuesday. Raising roads near the coast to brace for sea level rise and considering pollution...

    Tags: Palm Beach County, Weather, Science and Technology, Conservation, Global Change

  14. May 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Smith Islanders debate buyout offered by state

    Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the surging Chesapeake Bay.
    Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...

    Tags: Conservation, John Tyler, Water, Annapolis, Hurricane Sandy (2012)

  16. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  17. Still adrift after the storm

    First Hurricane Katrina took John Hoffmann Jr.'s home, which flooded, then exploded, and then burned. Next the storm took Hoffmann's job of 23 years washing dishes at Antoine's Restaurant, a position that vanished when the heavily damaged New Orleans...

    Tags: Hurricanes, Politics, Unemployment Benefits, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice

  18. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. The year 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record

      The United Nation’s weather agency has confirmed that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850, and the 27th consecutive year that global land and ocean temperatures were above average. Last year exceeded the global...

    Tags: Weather, Typhoon Bopha (2012), Conservation, Global Change, Hurricane Sandy (2012)

  20. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. Earth's greenhouse gas levels approach 400-ppm milestone

    The ratio of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere is flirting with 400 parts per million, a level last seen about 2.5 million to 5 million years ago, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The Institution this week...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, An Inconvenient Truth (movie), Al Gore, Global Warming

  22. May 9, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  23. Governor Rick Scott warns sequester puts Florida at risk in hurricane season

    The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday.
    The federal sequester could hurt Florida's ability to recover after a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be furloughed and won't...

    Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Hurricanes, Global Change, Regional Authority, FEMA

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