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11.02.2009 9:01 pm

Seeking a less catastrophic way to cool global warming

Phorusrhacos longissimus roamed part of what is now Argentina during the Middle Miocene.

Who wants a drumstick? The six-foot-tall phorusrhacos longissimus roamed what is now Argentina during the Middle Miocene.

People often talk as if warming temperatures are the only evidence of human-induced global climate change. But the amount of carbon dioxide in the…

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05.28.2009 9:00 pm

False choice: Inaction on global warming is no option

The House Energy and Commerce Committee last week took a major step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It approved a bill that would cap releases of heat-trapping gases and create a national market to trade pollution credits.
The bill comes on the…

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04.21.2009 9:00 pm

Earth Day: Environmental challenges, and stakes, grow larger

Today is Earth Day. But you already knew that.

You knew it because Earth Day has become Earth Week — a hybrid of selfless environmental activism and shameless marketing opportunism. If the original was a media sensation, this latest version is an…

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