Reuters: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected 10 petitions challenging EPA’s 2009 finding…
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US EPA denies challenges to greenhouse gas rule
Reuters: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday denied 10 petitions challenging EPA’s 2009 finding…
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Heat damage to Russia crop past worst-official says
Reuters: Russia’s worst drought for decades is set to drag on for at least the…
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U.N. ends Kyoto CO2 offset drought ahead of key meeting
Reuters: The United Nations’ climate secretariat on Thursday issued 228,400 Kyoto Protocol carbon offsets to…
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China flood and oil spill response improves. Prevention? Not so much.
Christian Science Monitor: A string of disasters in China has highlighted the government’s improved crisis…
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Vaccine scares may do more harm than previously believed to a population’s ‘herd immunity’
Public immunization efforts may be much more sensitive than previously realized to small changes in…
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Quantum fractals at the border of magnetism
Physicists are reporting new results from experiments on the perplexing class of materials that includes…
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Glucosamine appears to provide little benefit for chronic low-back pain
Even though it is widely used as a therapy for low back pain, a randomized…
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Brilliant star in a colorful neighborhood
A spectacular new image shows the brilliant and unusual star WR 22 and its colorful…
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Mystery of healthy fat people: Why some obese people go on to become diabetic while others do not
It is common to find obese people – even morbidly obese people – who are…