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State Department Again Sees No Environmental Barriers to Keystone Pipeline
The State Department finds no significant environmental barriers to approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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More on Divergent Paths to Human Progress
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
A fresh look at China's energy mix sees some progress on carbon dioxide, but a long path ahead.
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Tough Truths from China on CO2 and Climate
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
A contest seeks scientists' answers to a fundamental question: What is time?
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Satellite Tracking of Middle East Aquifers Points to the End of ‘Data Denial’
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
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?
A veteran of the space program hopes that a double-barreled close encounter with space objects can get humanity to take such threats seriously.
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Is There Room for Varied Approaches to Energy and Climate Progress?
"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?
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
Exploring how President Obama can move from rhetoric to real-world action on energy and climate.
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Satellites Reveal Depletion of a Vital Middle East Water Supply
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
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)
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
A closer look at steps that may be taken to aid polar bears as the Arctic warms. 0
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Activism at Its Best: Greenpeace’s Push to Stop the Pulping of Rain Forests
Old-style environmentalism shows its worth in the imperiled forests of Indonesia.
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A Look at the Role of Policy in America’s Shale Oil and Gas Era
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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