New York Times: Once the world’s tallest building, the Empire State Building is striving for…
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Five Hot Spots in Congress’s Upcoming Climate Change Debate
U.S. News and World Report: When Rep. Henry Waxman of California and Rep. Ed Markey…
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Can Carbon Capture and Storage Save Coal?
Scientific American: Like all big coal-fired power plants, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity Schwarze Pumpe plant in Spremberg,…
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Artic ice thinner than ever: scientists
Agence France-Presse: The Arctic ice cap is thinner than ever, satellite observations revealed Monday, while…
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Jamaica-Size Ice Shelf Breaks Free
National Geographic: An “alarming rate” of melting in the Antarctic Peninsula has finally snapped the…
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Clinton urges controls on Antarctic tourism
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged tighter controls on cruise ships…
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The fragility of the world’s coral is revealed through a study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Physorg: A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis…
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United States: Study reveals potential to amass more carbon in eastern North American forests
EurekAlert: With climate change looming, the hunt for places that can soak up carbon dioxide…
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Salazar: Eastern wind could replace coal for power
Associated Press: Windmills off the East Coast could generate enough electricity to replace most, if…
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Arctic sea ice thinnest ever going into spring
Associated Press: The Arctic is treading on thinner ice than ever before. Researchers say that…