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The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, removing a major obstacle to a deal, officials have said.
"Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" (National Geographic, 295 pages, $28), by Stephen H. Schneider: Stephen H. Schneider, winner of one of those $500,000 genius grants, has written a witty, informative and impassioned account of perils he sees in global warming and what to do about them.
"Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" (National Geographic, 295 pages, $28), by Stephen H. Schneider: Stephen H. Schneider, winner of one of those $500,000 genius grants, has written a witty, informative and impassioned account of perils he sees in global warming and what to do about them.
The federal government and the Allegheny County Health Department have sued Allegheny Ludlum Corp. and a contractor for alleged air pollution violations at a slag dump near Pittsburgh.
Reno author David Sundstrand's second book, "Shadows of Death" (Minotaur Books, 2009; $25.95), is a nice little thriller about animal-loving gun nuts who kill animal-hunting gun nuts in the Southwest, and the Bureau of Land Management hero caught in the middle. It's a beach read.
The spread of wind and solar power is being held back by fragmented policies on paying for new transmission lines to carry re...
The snowy peaks of the south Tyrolean Alps feed the raging waters of the Passer River that runs through the town of Merano in northern Italy.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to work with the U.S. in securing Afghanistan and curbing the spread of nuclear weapons the day before he was to be welcomed by President Barack Obama to the White House at a state dinner.
The entertainer celebrates 50 years on The Strip with Once Before I Go, a theatrical production at the Tropicana Las Vegas.
He persisted in his pursuit of learning. Now, Dion Lewis has credentials as an energy efficiency analyst and confidence that his darkest days are behind him.
A Union Pacific Corp train derailed Monday, sending 16 carloads of petroleum coke off the tracks and spilling much of the cargo, a UP spokeswoman said.
Engaging, not isolating Iran is the way to push for peace and stability in the Middle East, said Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva as he headed into private talks Monday with his increasingly alienated Iranian counterpart.
The U.S. will propose a near-term emission reduction target at the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, a senior administration official said.
An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the e-mail server at a prominent climate-research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails about global warming and posted them online.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed for wide-ranging cooperation with the United States on areas such as climate change and defense as he started a high-profile state visit.
President Obama will announce a near-term target for reducing emissions “in coming days,” a senior official said.
Did you hear the one about the rabbi and the architect?
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Concho Resources Inc. , the U.S. oil and gas producer that’s more than tripled in value since selling shares to the public in 2007, agreed to buy wells and leases in the Permian Basin of West Texas for $225 million, adding acreage in an area where it’s accelerating drilling.
All Times EST First Round Thursday, Nov. 12 At Stanford, Calif. BYU 2, UC Santa Barbara 0 Stanford 2, Northern Arizona 0 Friday, Nov. 13 At Winston-Salem, N.C. West Virginia 2, Loyola, Md. 0 Wake Forest 2, Kennesaw State 0 At Dayton Ohio Virginia Tech 2, Murray State 0 Dayton 1, Marquette 0, 2OT At Chestnut Hill, Mass. Boston College 1, Harvard 0 Connecticut 1, Boston U. 0, 2OT At Columbia, S.C ...
California is about to implement a standard to boost cleaner fuels and punish the rest.
Praxair Inc.'s Chinese unit has signed a multiyear agreement to sell gases that MAGI Solar Energy Technology Co. will use to make solar cells and modules, Praxair announced Monday.
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