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IU experts ponder gardening in a warming world
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — While climate scientists often give a dreary picture of a changing Earth, Michael Simmons doesn't believe his plants will die in a barren wasteland. The master gardener planted three apple trees for his last birthday....Tags: Droughts, Weather, Science and Technology, Global Change, Environmental Issues
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US roasts to hottest year on record by landslide
WASHINGTON (AP) — America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit, the government...
Tags: Droughts, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Washington, DC, Science and Technology
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Santorum: Global warming is politics, not science
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science.
Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio on Monday that science is on...Tags: Weather, Barack Obama, Rick Santorum, Science and Technology, Elections
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The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.
"I don't think there were any newspaper articles about it or anything...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, Government, Elections, Michele Bachmann
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GOP-led House plans to fight Obama pollution plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising a fight over the Obama administration's new approach on limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Congress failed last year to pass limits and let companies...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Fred Upton, Homes, Washington, DC, Elections
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GOP strikes early in global warming battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Congress just got to work, but House Republicans are already moving to try to block the Obama administration from taking action on global warming. GOP lawmakers have introduced several bills that would hamstring the...Tags: Washington, DC, Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, West Virginia, Shelley Moore Capito
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GOP governors undermine Obama agenda in states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Their ranks swollen after the last election, Republican governors from Florida to Alaska are undermining President Barack Obama's agenda at every turn ahead of the Democrat's 2012 re-election campaign.
Some are rejecting...Tags: Florida, Pennsylvania, Lawyers, Barack Obama, Dannel P. Malloy
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Government, Government Health Care, Pakistan, Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Department of Justice
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Judge backs scientists on polar bears
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is upholding a decision by government scientists that global warming is threatening the polar bear's survival. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Thursday ruled that a May 2008 decision to place the bear on...Tags: Judges, Wildlife, Natural Resources, Endangered Species, Washington, DC
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Australian camels could be shot to curb methane
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Marksmen could be paid to slaughter Australia's vast population of methane-belching camels that roam the Outback as part of an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The government wants the killing of wild camels...Tags: Australia
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GOP presidential hopefuls shift on global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republican presidential contenders who once supported combatting global warming, the race is heating up.
Most of the GOP White House hopefuls have stepped back from their previous positions on global warming. They're...Tags: New Jersey, Government, Washington, DC, Mitt Romney, Republican Party
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Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Wind Power, Alternative Energy
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