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Levees, removable walls in plan to protect NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing removable flood walls for much of lower Manhattan, a permanent 15-to-20-foot levee in part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees at a Brooklyn creek as part of a nearly $20 billion...
Tags: Battery Park City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Brooklyn (New York City), New York City, Battery Park
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Climate change warnings
The latest word on climate change is not good — world emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose 1.4 percent last year to set a new record, according to the International Energy Agency. At this pace, the agency reports, global temperatures...Tags: Renewable Energy, Global Warming, China, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Big Apple may get baked as sizzling southern summers move north
ReutersNEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Over the next 40 years, the number of sweltering summer days in New York City could double or even triple, making it as hot in 2050 as Birmingham, Alabama, is now. The sea level surrounding New York is also likely to rise by...Tags: New York City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Barack Obama, Weather Reports, Conservation
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Greenhouse gases nearing highly dangerous levels, study finds
WASHINGTON — Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will probably exceed a safe limit in average global temperatures by the end of the century and veer into a higher temperature zone that would...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Global Warming, Barack Obama, China, Weather Statistics
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Big tidal energy scheme fails to convince British MPs
Reuters* Scheme not competitive with other low-carbon technology * Setback for showcase marine energy project * Developers say barrage could provide 5 pct of UK electricity By Nina Chestney LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Plans to build one of the world's...Tags: Renewable Energy, United Kingdom, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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'Greedy Lying Bastards' at the Naro
Tonight there will be "Greedy Lying Bastards" in Norfolk. No, that's the name of a movie. It's a documentary showing at the Naro Expanded Cinema. The film is about the folks who discourage research into the topic of climate change, and the folks...Tags: Movies, Global Expansion, Entertainment, Weather
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A mission on climate change
WASHINGTON — President Obama should spend his remaining years in office making the United States part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem. If Congress sticks to its policy of obstruction and willful ignorance, Obama should use...Tags: U.S. Congress, Renewable Energy, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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So you're not into extreme weather?
For RedEyeIt's unknown if climate change increases the power of tornadoes. Climate modeling has a difficult time predicting the most granular of weather events, but in the wake of Oklahoma's nightmare, wouldn't that be a nifty thing to study? After all, what is a...Tags: Government, National Government, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Tornadoes
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Oil executives tune out the call of the wild Arctic
Reuters* Failures, grounded Shell drillship reducing interest * More conventional resources rapidly becoming available * Shale oil becomes more competitive By Balazs Koranyi NY-AALESUND, Norway, May 31 (Reuters) - The high Arctic, once the irresistible...Tags: Energy Resources, Duke Energy Corporation, Norway, ConocoPhillips, Conservation
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Looking forward to next climate change report
The president of the Lehigh Valley Vegetarians, Len Frenkel, wrote a very interesting Your View concerning global warming. Basic premise: The world will get warmer and warmer and warmer. Straight out of the climate science report, he mentions many onerous...Tags: Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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South Florida county mayors join together to present a unified vision in Tallahassee
FORT LAUDERDALE The mayors of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties are each extending a hand beyond their borders to cooperate on initiatives that will benefit the South Florida region. Their focus this year is to improve and adequately fund...
Tags: Local Government, Miami Beach, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach County
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Florida to review proposed national science standards (which include hot topics of evolution, climate change)
Florida went through a bruising fight over evolution during the 2007-08 school year when it adopted new science standards that for the first time required the subject be taught in public schools. Now it will decide if it wants to sign on to another...Tags: The Huffington Post, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Science, Science and Technology
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May 29, 2013
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May 28, 2013
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