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EPA: U.S. greenhouse gases drop 1.6% from 2010 to 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gas emissions in the United States showed a 1.6% decline from 2010 to 2011. The decrease continued an overall decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, down 6.9% since 2005. The EPA...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Barack Obama, Environmental Politics
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Taking Earth Day one step further
As we approach the 43rd annual Earth Day, the celebration of our many gains is tempered by our recognition of their fragility. On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, thousands of people came together to protest the degradation of our environment....Tags: U.S. Congress, Environmental Issues, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Adele (music artist), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Environment Virginia speaks out against global warming
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThere's no better time to talk global warming than now as we head into the spring season. Environment Virginia showed up in downtown Roanoke to talk about how weather has and will continue to impact locals. We've seen our fair share of storms rip...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Weather, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Study: Global warming will bring more intense downpours
Sun SentinelSouth Florida, no stranger to heavy rains, could see even more torrential downpours, thanks to global warming. Much of the Northern Hemisphere will be subject to more extreme rain events because of increasing levels of greenhouse gases, according to a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Palm Beach County
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Private Health Care, Iraq, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Medicare, Rentals
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Trade, environment to dominate Jerry Brown's first day in China
BEIJING -- Gov. Jerry Brown finally arrived in China Tuesday night, telling dozens of Californians that his search for Chinese investment in California would not be deterred by tensions between Beijing and Washington. "I know there are a lot of politics...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Beijing (China), Politics, China, Government
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The beauty of upcycling
BPTEverything old is new again. At least that's a simplistic take on the tenets of upcycling, which translates to giving renewed purpose to something others send to landfills. For consumers with a passion for do-it-yourself projects, and the boards on...Tags: Environmental Issues, Consumers
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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: U.S. Congress, Engineering, Conservation, Ocean City, Environmental Issues
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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: Environmental Issues, Entertainment Events, Keystone XL Pipeline, Nobel Prize Awards, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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IU experts ponder gardening in a warming world
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — While climate scientists often give a dreary picture of a changing Earth, Michael Simmons doesn't believe his plants will die in a barren wasteland. The master gardener planted three apple trees for his last birthday....Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Droughts, Science and Technology
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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, Weather, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Conservation
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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, Environmental Issues, Weather, Weather Statistics, National Weather Service
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