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Hail to the Reef
Australia to Protect One-Third of Great Barrier Reef In a major boon to Down Under ecology, fully one-third of the Great Barrier Reef will receive protection, the Australian government announced […]
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Jumping for Joy
Famed Frog Rediscovered After Years of Presumed Local Extinction Speaking of Mark Twain, the amphibian he made famous in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” has been discovered in […]
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What, Exxon Unethical? You’re Kidding Me!
Academics Up in Arms Over Exxon-Funded Research When Exxon went to court in 1997 to appeal a $5.3 billion punitive damage verdict over the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, it […]
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From Russia, Without Love
Russia Rejects Kyoto Protocol, Likely Killing Climate Change Treaty The Kyoto Protocol on climate change received a presumably fatal blow today, when Russia announced that it will not ratify the […]
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NRDC’s new Santa Monica building may be the most eco-friendly in the U.S.
Do you realize we are gathered in what must be the greenest building in the United States?” Natural Resources Defense Council Executive Director Frances Beinecke asked a crowd of well-scrubbed […]
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Going Steady
Methane Levels in Atmosphere Stabilize Here’s a rarity: a possible climate-change success story. Atmospheric levels of methane, the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, have stabilized following 200 […]
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Hubris on the Yangtze
555 — height, in feet, of the Washington Monument, the tallest structure in Washington, D.C. 575 — height, in feet, of the new Three Gorges Dam in China (which is […]
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Anemone Mine
Fluorescent Fish Will Become First Genetically Engineered Pet in U.S. If genetically engineered food ruffles your feathers, get a load of this: The nation’s first genetically altered pet, a glow-in-the-dark […]
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Dollars and Sense
Big Institutional Investors Press for Info on Climate Change Risks Officials controlling the largest pension funds in the U.S. on Friday called on publicly traded companies, federal regulators, and Wall […]
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Spin Meisters
New Mini-Turbine Can Generate Electricity from Atop Homes and Offices The winds of change may soon bring mini-turbines to rooftops near you. A Scottish company today is launching Britain’s first […]
