The West is the fastest-growing part of the country. It’s also the driest. And climate change could be making matters much, much worse.
At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate
For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. The epic already has started. And it’s not fiction. The scenes are playing, at the start, in slow motion:
Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, saying that the greenhouse gas threatens public health and the environment.
An Interview with Cindy Lee Van Dover
Cindy Lee Van Dover is a pioneer: a submarine pilot and the first woman to direct the Duke University Marine Laboratory. This interview gives insite into the life, career and discoveries of an impressive woman.
Gore Shares Peace Prize for Climate Change Work
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and to a United Nations panel for their work on global warming.
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"The World is Flat"? by Thomas L. Friedman
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