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China uses nearly as much coal as rest of the world combined
BEIJING -- Those searching for answers to China's chronic smog should consider this: Coal consumption in the world's second-largest economy is nearly on par with the rest of the world combined. That's according to the U.S. Energy Information...
Tags: Coal, China, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution
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Climate change won't wait
Societal change usually happens slowly, even once it's clear there's a problem. That's because, in a country as big as the United States, public opinion moves in leisurely currents. Change often requires going up against powerful, established interests,...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, White House, Global Change, United Nations, Gays and Lesbians
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Letters: Gov. Brown and the environment
Re "Brown a lighter shade of green," Jan. 1 Your article about Gov. Jerry Brown's going soft on environmental protection while caving in to big polluters was disturbing. Doesn't Brown know he is undercutting his own policies? Doesn't he know that a...Tags: Government, Environmental Issues, Jerry Brown, Politics
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2012 was among the 10 hottest years on record globally
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.The average global temperature in 2012 was among the 10 hottest since official record keeping began in 1880, with most of the world — from North America to far northeastern Asia — experiencing higher-than-usual temperatures, according to...Tags: Weather, Natural Disasters, White House, Environmental Issues, Weather Reports
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Letters: Resignation of EPA chief
Re "EPA chief, who battled GOP, plans to step down," Dec. 28 The reasoning behind the U.S. Environment Protection Agency as a distinct entity is to ensure that competing industrial interests are disentangled from decisions affecting the environment....Tags: Environmental Politics, Lisa P. Jackson, Republican Party, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Letters: Climate danger
Re "Climate change won't wait," Opinion, Jan. 6 It is hard to understand President Obama's stand on climate change. His Energy secretary, Nobel laureate Steven Chu, said four years ago that, if we don't dramatically slow global warming, "we're looking...
Tags: Weather, Steven Chu, Natural Disasters, Public Transportation, Environmental Issues
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A breath of stale air from GOP
Mitt Romney, who opposed government subsidies for clean power and thought all energy production technologies should compete equally in the free market, did not win the election. That's the good news. The bad news is that his backward policies are still...
Tags: Taxation, Environmental Issues, Republican Party, Credit and Debt, Parties and Movements
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Eat your meal(worms)! If nothing else, it could help the planet
Do you want to fight global warming? Do you like eating worms? If so, two scientists at Wageningen University in the Netherlands have an idea for you: Start substituting mealworms for the conventional animal proteins in your diet such as chicken, beef...
Tags: Weather, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Agricultural Research and Technology, Global Change
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Kerry's climate change credentials
Sen. John Kerry, President Obama's nominee for secretary of State, may not be able to bring peace to the Middle East, end enduring trade and currency disputes with China or mend fences with all the anti-American leaders in Latin America. But he may be...
Tags: Weather, John Kerry, China, U.S. Senate, Environmental Issues
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Letters: Act now to save the planet
Re "Climate panel delivers a grim portrait," Jan. 12 "Climate change" is a rather benign term for the global disaster that will, in a very short time, affect all life on this planet. Even "global warming" can be misunderstood. Some people, in cold...Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Global Change
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Gun control? Illegal immigration? No, climate change should be No. 1
Gun control? Illegal immigration? Sorry, our country has a more important issue to deal with: climate change. As I read Neela Banerjee’s story on the latest report -- a draft of the Third National Climate Assessment -- that adds to the stack of...
Tags: Weather, Environmental Politics, Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Global Change
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Climate change taken seriously by insurance industry, study says
Paying out billions of dollars here and billions of dollars there has made the global insurance industry a believer in climate change, according to a new study that shows insurance companies are staunch advocates for reducing carbon emissions and...
Tags: Weather, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Conservation, Ecosystems
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