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Life’s Very Fine Lines

Dot Earth - Sun, 03/03/2013 - 12:27
A song about the very fine lines in life. 0
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A Farewell to Green

Dot Earth - Sat, 03/02/2013 - 07:53
Can green news be covered without a Green blog? 0
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State Department Again Sees No Environmental Barriers to Keystone Pipeline

Dot Earth - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 17:40
The State Department finds no significant environmental barriers to approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. 0
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More on Divergent Paths to Human Progress

Dot Earth - Fri, 03/01/2013 - 07:15
A fresh exploration of ways to forge progress on a turbulent planet amid varied views on risks. 0
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A Fresh Look at China’s Long March on Energy and Emissions

Dot Earth - Wed, 02/27/2013 - 06:18
A fresh look at China's energy mix sees some progress on carbon dioxide, but a long path ahead. 0
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Tough Truths from China on CO2 and Climate

Dot Earth - Tue, 02/26/2013 - 14:16
A top Chinese climate policy official does the math showing why China will not be sharply cutting greenhouse gas emissions any time soon. 0
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Clock Ticking Down on ‘What is Time’ Contest

Dot Earth - Mon, 02/25/2013 - 10:38
A contest seeks scientists' answers to a fundamental question: What is time? 0
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Satellite Tracking of Middle East Aquifers Points to the End of ‘Data Denial’

Dot Earth - Sat, 02/23/2013 - 08:04
Satellites offer a clear view of important shifts in Middle East water resources from a distance. 0
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Exploring Climate Resilience and Energy Sense

Dot Earth - Fri, 02/22/2013 - 16:18
Adaption to heat is a prime imperative even as the much tougher task of moving beyond conventional use of fossil fuels is pursued. 0
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Can Humans Do Better Than Dinosaurs When it Comes to Incoming Space Objects?

Dot Earth - Wed, 02/20/2013 - 09:00
A veteran of the space program hopes that a double-barreled close encounter with space objects can get humanity to take such threats seriously. 0
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Is There Room for Varied Approaches to Energy and Climate Progress?

Dot Earth - Mon, 02/18/2013 - 18:16
"My way or the highway" environmentalism and the Keystone pipeline fight. 0
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Keystone Protests Resume, But None Against Oil Imports from Nigeria?

Dot Earth - Thu, 02/14/2013 - 07:19
White House protests resume over a pipeline from Canada even as oil keeps flowing to the U.S. from despoiled Nigeria. 0
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Obama’s Path from Rhetoric to Reality on Energy and Climate

Dot Earth - Wed, 02/13/2013 - 17:12
Exploring how President Obama can move from rhetoric to real-world action on energy and climate. 0
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Satellites Reveal Depletion of a Vital Middle East Water Supply

Dot Earth - Tue, 02/12/2013 - 13:20
A satellite probes one of the planet's most turbulent regions and finds a new source of risk -- declining groundwater supplies 0
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A Closer Look at the Creation of a Vast Pacific Shark Sanctuary

Dot Earth - Mon, 02/11/2013 - 10:41
A marine conservationist describes the path to creating the world's biggest shark sanctuary. 0
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Reflecting on an Asteroid’s Really Close Encounter with Earth (Closer than Some Satellites)

Dot Earth - Sun, 02/10/2013 - 10:00
A really close encounter between a small asteroid and Earth provides a reminder that rare, but big, threats need to be seriously confronted. 0
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Scientists Explore Options as Polar Bears Face New Threats

Dot Earth - Sat, 02/09/2013 - 06:32
A closer look at steps that may be taken to aid polar bears as the Arctic warms. 0
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Blizzards as Teachers

Dot Earth - Fri, 02/08/2013 - 15:19
Lessons slowly learned from blizzards past. 0
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Activism at Its Best: Greenpeace’s Push to Stop the Pulping of Rain Forests

Dot Earth - Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:36
Old-style environmentalism shows its worth in the imperiled forests of Indonesia. 0
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A Look at the Role of Policy in America’s Shale Oil and Gas Era

Dot Earth - Wed, 02/06/2013 - 08:37
An energy economist explores how American policies and open markets, not just technology and geology, lie behind the surprising shale oil and gas boom. 0
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