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Don't just talk about the weather
Last December, an American milestone passed virtually unnoticed. Forty years earlier, Harrison Schmitt became the 12th and last person to walk on the moon. Mr. Schmitt and the 11 men who preceded him — beginning with Neil Armstrong in 1969 —...Tags: Global Change, John F. Kennedy, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, China
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Letters: Keystone XL's purpose
Re "A pipeline to disaster," Opinion, April 4 Climate scientist James Hansen is right to push for reducing our carbon dioxide emissions to minimize global warming, but he has no sense of using the political art of compromise to achieve our goals. As...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Nobel Prize Awards, Keystone XL Pipeline
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Climate change will increase extreme precipitation levels
Rainfall or snowfall dumped by the most intense storms could grow significantly heavier in most of the United States by the final decades of the century, according to a new climate change study. The paper, written by a research team led by scientists...
Tags: Global Change, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Issues, Research, Science and Technology
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U.S. climate researchers predict heavier rains, snows as globe warms
A recently published study led by U.S. government climate researchers predicts warming global temperatures will mean more moisture in the air, and thus heavier precipitation extremes. The research, reported in the peer-reviewed academic journal...
Tags: North Carolina State University, Weather Statistics, National Weather Service, Environmental Issues, Research
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Vegan trying to stay on track 'meats' temptation
Contributing WriterI’m not teasin’; I’m a vegan (Kinda, sorta…sometimes). “You’ve got to be kidding me.” That was my wife’s response when I told her I was going on a vegan diet plan, which is a vegetarian diet that...Tags: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Environmental Issues, Steaks, Dalai Lama, Overweight
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Letters: Worry vs. action on global warming
Re "Most in U.S. worried about sea level rise," March 30 Building sea walls and other measures to protect coastal developments address the symptoms of climate change, not the cause. We need to support legislation to counteract global warming, such as...Tags: Global Change, Dana Rohrabacher, Oceans, Bodies of Water, Environmental Issues
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Ex-DEP Boss McCarthy A Smart-Growth Choice For EPA
When Gina McCarthy left Connecticut to become a top environmental official in the Obama administration four years ago, she promised to put science ahead of politics. She did just that. Ms. McCarthy played a key role as a deputy at the U.S. Environmental...Tags: Global Change, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Government, U.S. Congress
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Groups seek probe into low-grade crude shipments to L.A. refineries
A coalition of environmental groups says it has discovered that large-scale shipments of low-quality heavy crude oil from Canada's tar sands are being delivered by rail for processing by Southern California refineries. The groups on Tuesday called for...Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Personal Income, Environmental Pollution, Heavy Engineering, Crime, Law and Justice
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As coastal sea levels rise, Congress sticks its head in the sand
Thanks for your article on climate change and rising sea levels ("Survey shows Americans wary of sea level rising," March 29.) Global warming is driving major change in sea levels. In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's...Tags: Global Change, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water, U.S. Congress, Water
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The high cost of tailpipe emissions
It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Gina McCarthy, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fred Upton
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New U.S. rules seek cleaner gasoline
The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules today that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, one of the most significant steps the administration can take this term toward cutting air pollution, people with knowledge of the...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, U.S. Congress, Passenger Cars
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Energy security and American jobs
President Barack Obama has a big decision to make about this nation's economic future. The call is an easy one, and it's long overdue. The president should approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would link the rich oil sands in the Canadian province...Tags: Natural Gas, Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Labor Markets, TransCanada Corporation
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