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New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 3:57 pm ET
Evocations of Judgment Day were an undercurrent in speeches and materials on opening day in Copenhagen.
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USA Today - 2 hours 12 minutes ago
At the climate summit in Copenhagen, nobody's a bigger celebrity than the delegation from the tiny island nation of Tuvalu.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 51 minutes ago
A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.
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Truckee Times - Tue Dec 8, 4:46 am ET
More than 1,200 acres of forested terrain west of Reno has been acquired by the U.S. Forest Service as part of an ongoing effort to obtain scenic land for the public.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:45 pm ET
This decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:42 pm ET
After spending 16 months cycling 18,000 kilometres (11,180 miles) from Brisbane to Copenhagen, Kim Nguyen is taking part in the UN climate talks with a host of eyewitness accounts of the effects of global warming from his odyssey.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 7:43 pm ET
Federal officials have agreed to review air pollution standards for oil and gas operations to decide if they need to be updated.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 7:36 pm ET
Health experts warned Wednesday of a stroke crisis in Europe which is already costing the region's economy an estimated 38 billion euros ($56 billion) a year, with numbers expected to rise as populations age.
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USA Today - Tue Dec 8, 1:45 pm ET
One of the most stirring symbols of the American West -- mustangs thundering freely across the range -- could be heading east.
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New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 6:36 pm ET
It is one of the grim paradoxes of climate change that nations on the front line of global warming are among those with the least political clout at the United Nations conference in Copenhagen.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:27 pm ET
The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new national strategy to enforce safe drinking water laws in small, rural communities on Tuesday and pledged to redouble efforts to protect children from toxic water in schools.
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Time Magazine - 40 minutes ago
Half the mammals that have died off in the last 200 years have met their end in Australia. Now some scientists are suggesting that keeping native species as pets could help them keep a place on the planet
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. said Tuesday it would build a solar power plant in Maryland that will be the state's largest when completed in 2012.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Tue Dec 8, 6:12 pm ET
First Round Thursday, Nov. 19 Monmouth, N.J. 0, Connecticut 0, Monmouth advanced on penalty kicks 4-3 Sacramento State 2, Loyola Marymount 1, OT Brown 1, Stony Brook 0, 2OT Indiana 2, Louisville 0 Boston College 2, Dartmouth 1 UNC Wilmington 1, Charlotte 1, UNC Wilmington advanced on penalty kicks 4-1 Duke 3, Winthrop 2 Maryland 2, Loyola, Md. 1 Bucknell 1, Princeton 0 South Florida 2, Stetson 1 ...
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Time Magazine - 55 minutes ago
A new study suggests that the most recent global temperature projections -- a rise of 4°C or 7°C by 2100 -- are incomplete
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USA Today - Tue Dec 8, 5:48 pm ET
How to navigate Philadelphia International Airport like a local.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:47 pm ET
The Tennessee Valley Authority's huge ash spill boosted waterway pollutants at its Kingston Fossil Plant to 2.66 million pounds in 2008, more than the total water pollution output of the power industry nationwide the previous year.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:45 pm ET
An activist group is suing the Port of Olympia, claiming that discharges of stormwater from its terminal are polluting south Puget Sound.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:37 pm ET
Maryland officials announced plans Tuesday to fill nearly a quarter of the government's annual electricity needs with power supplied by clean energy projects from the Delaware coast to the Appalachian ridge tops.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:32 pm ET
Lead exposure well within levels generally considered safe may harm mental health, new research suggests.