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Germany¿s Federal Foreign Office: Obama vs. Romney
Our group of RIAS Berlin Kommission Fellows was afforded the tremendous opportunity to visit the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and listen to a speech from Mr. David Schwake, Deputy Director for the transatlantic cooperation at the office. Schwake...
Tags: Berlin (Germany), U.S. Military, China, Barack Obama, Europe
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LETTER: Objects To One Sentence, Claims Climate Change 'Debunked'
Regarding the editorial "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill" [May 22], I take issue with one sentence in the editorial: "Global warming is making the development of alternatives to fossil fuels urgent." This statement is a clear example of the ubiquitous...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Weather, Global Warming, Ecosystems
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Letters: Politics and climate catastrophe
Re "Oklahoma twister 'was a monster,'" May 21 It is heartbreaking to read of homes destroyed, lives upended, children killed and hundreds left homeless. We know that, without effective action to combat climate change, these events will become more...Tags: Barack Obama, Environmental Issues, Weather, Conservation, Ecosystems
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U.S. carbon tax could boost revenue, curb climate change - report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - A tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the United States mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said this week. President Barack Obama...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Weather, Washington, DC, Politics
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...
Tags: Earth Day, Science, Energy Saving, Landforms, Science and Technology
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: Leon Panetta, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Environmental Issues, Israel
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Weather, U.S. Congress
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COLUMN-Keystone XL double standard: Tale of 2 pipelines: Campbell
ReutersBy Robert Campbell NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - A casual observer familiar with the Keystone XL saga would think the United States was making it very hard to build any oil sands-related pipelines. But nothing could be farther from the truth. While...Tags: Standards, Enbridge Incorporated, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, TransCanada Corporation
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Author urges families to take steps for environment
Mary Pipher became one of America's best-known psychologists with books that addressed complex family issues. "Reviving Ophelia" was a groundbreaking call to arms about the societal pressures facing American adolescent girls. It spent three years on The...
Tags: Reviews, Shrimp, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Environmental Issues, TransCanada Corporation
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Aviation officials see global emissions deal possible by 2020
Reuters* EU hopes for road map agreement in autumn * Business aviation wants "fairer" treatment by Brussels By Robert Evans GENEVA, May 21 (Reuters) - Senior officials from business and commercial aviation voiced cautious optimism that a long-sought worldwide...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, European Union, Manufacturing and Engineering, Brazil, Weather
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Mailbag: Losing Chief Small is bad for H.B.
Our wonderful Chief of Police Ken Small has announced his retirement ("Police chief to retire, May 16"). It is a sad day for Huntington, as Ken truly cared about the safety of our residents and would often go beyond the call of duty, always answering...Tags: Environmental Issues, State Parks, Conservation, Global Warming, Ecosystems
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EDITORIAL: Scientists agree on global warming
The Virginian-PilotThe attack on the notion of global warming takes many forms, but a particularly pernicious one argues that scientific consensus on the subject is a myth. That charge has been made so many times by so many global warming deniers that 60 percent of...Tags: Science, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Weather, Global Warming
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