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Environment
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The Fuzzy Face of Climate Change
Advocates and scientists have tied the Earth’s fate to that of the polar bear. But what happens if this lumbering giant proves more resilient than the rest of us?
The Other “Cliff”
The Kyoto protocol is about to expire and that two-week international conference on climate change did little to avert the looming crisis.
Could Climate Change be the Epitome of Partisanship?
Why the environment has been so conspicuously absent from this year's debates
Smokin’ Election Campaign Quote of the Week
No doubt assuming Americans are more concerned about high gasoline prices than long-term threats to the environment, neither…
Could the Smart Grid Finally Do Some Good for Consumers?
One small but important study shows that we could save money — and our behavior could change — if we were just given the right information.
Small Steps Toward Scientific Gender Equity
Tom Jacobs last week cited current research showing that job applications attributed to female scientists were received less…
Wind Turbines: Saving the Planet but Butchering Bats
At a recent evening “batwalk” at the University of California’s Sedgwick Reserve conducted by vertebrate biologist Paul W.…
A Salty Solution to Global Warming
There is no shortage of ideas bouncing around about what to do with our warming planet–switch to renewables, switch…