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Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables
ReutersBy Rob Taylor BUNGENDORE, Australia, May 27 (Reuters) - On a line of low hills standing sentinel beside a dry lake bed near Australia's capital, giant turbines turning slowly in a chill winter breeze give no hint of a multi-billion-dollar storm...Tags: Business Enterprises, Global Warming, Energy Saving, Wind Power, Solar Energy
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Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Global Warming, Hydroelectricity, Wind Power, Energy Resources, Conservation
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Global Warming, Energy Saving, Wind Power, Solar Energy, Energy Resources
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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Weather, Ecosystems
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: Global Warming, Colleges and Universities, University of Oklahoma, U.S. Department of Energy, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
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Letters: Politics and climate catastrophe
Re "Oklahoma twister 'was a monster,'" May 21 It is heartbreaking to read of homes destroyed, lives upended, children killed and hundreds left homeless. We know that, without effective action to combat climate change, these events will become more...Tags: Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Conservation, Weather, Ecosystems
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U.S. carbon tax could boost revenue, curb climate change - report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the United States mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week. President Barack Obama...Tags: Washington, DC, White House, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Investor Coalition Says Insurers Should Have Better Climate-Change Strategies
The Hartford CourantAn investors group says the insurance industry needs to better prepare for coming shifts in the earth's climate. The critique came in a report released Thursday by Ceres, a Boston-based coalition of institutional investors that advocate for...Tags: Global Warming, Hurricanes, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Conservation, Weather
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Global Warming, U.S. Military, Environmental Issues, Leon Panetta, Wars and Interventions
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, U.S. Congress, Alternative Energy
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COLUMN-Keystone XL double standard: Tale of 2 pipelines: Campbell
ReutersBy Robert Campbell NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - A casual observer familiar with the Keystone XL saga would think the United States was making it very hard to build any oil sands-related pipelines. But nothing could be farther from the truth. While...Tags: Global Warming, Standards, Enbridge Incorporated, Energy Transfer Partners LP, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Author urges families to take steps for environment
Mary Pipher became one of America's best-known psychologists with books that addressed complex family issues. "Reviving Ophelia" was a groundbreaking call to arms about the societal pressures facing American adolescent girls. It spent three years on The...
Tags: TransCanada Corporation, Environmental Issues, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Reviews, The New York Times
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