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By Pete Harrison of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

Twisters, hail, lightning 'likely to happen more often,' NASA expert says

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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says.

By Andrea Thompson of LiveSceience, courtesy of MSNBC

China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States.

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By Shawn Pogatchnik of The AP, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Sophie Hardach of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Amanda Lee Myers of the AP, courtesy of The Washington Post

Don't expect to hear much talk about farming from the presidential candidates who regularly tour Iowa, one of the nation's premier agriculture states.

By the AP, courtesy of The New York Times

The chief of power producer Dynegy Inc. says eliminating coal as a source for generating electricity is unrealistic because of growing demand, but he acknowledged the U.S. needs an energy policy that balances costs, environmental concerns and other factors.

By the AP, courtesy of The New York Times

The United States and Europe are working together to tackle global warming, the chief U.S. climate negotiator said Wednesday, deflecting growing criticism within the EU and the developing world over Washington's perceived go-it-alone stance.

By The AP, courtesy of The New York Times

Here's the latest buzz: A new mosquito has just hit town, one that could transmit the West Nile virus and a strain of encephalititis rarely seen in Minnesota.

By Mary Lynn Smith of the StarTribune, courtesy of MSNBC

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"We have met the enemy, and he is us," the comic-strip character Pogo said decades ago. A new analysis of last year's near-record temperatures in the United States suggests he was right.

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5 percent increase globally fits in with warming models.

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Energy's Future: A onetime oilman admits we need alternatives, but says there's plenty of petroleum left.

by Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, courtesy of MSNBC

Delegates talk up energy investments that are clean as well as efficient.

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By Willaim J. Kole of The AP, courtesy of The Washington Post

A Letter to the Editor of The New York Times

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The gas is the major contributor to global warning. Now major energy companies are looking for ways to capture and sell it.

By Vaughan Scully of BusinessWeek, courtesy of MSNBC

Avoid post-vacation burnout and take time to enjoy your journeys.

By Sarah Schlichter of IndependentTravelor.com, courtesy of MSNBC

Big, familiar firms in our corporate landscape are taking surprising steps to help the environment, among other nifty projects.

By Selena Maranjian of the MotleyFool.com, courtesy of MSNBC

Chesapeake Bay's Briny Consequence of the Summer Drought Pushes Crabs From Usual Harvesting Spots

By Philip Rucker and David A. Fahrenthold, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Claudia Kade of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

By William J. Kole of The AP, courtesy of The Washington Post

Clean-Energy Investors Need One Eye On Returns and the Other on Congress

By Steven Mufson, courtesy of The Washington Post

Reviving 1970s-era technology, an ambitious company says it can turn dirty coal into cleaner natural gas.

By Martin LaMonica, for News.com, courtesy of The New York Times

The blogosphere erupted with arguments questioning global warming after an error was found in the annual estimate of the average temperature in the United States.

By Andrew C. Revkin, courtesy of The New York Times

Because of increasing development in hazard-prone areas and the effects of climate change, we are in a new era of catastrophic losses from natural disasters.

By Howard Kunreuther, courtesy of The New York Times

It's the business end of climate change: ensuring that the $20 trillion the world will spend on energy over the next two decades is as environmentally friendly as possible.

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With the cost of natural disasters far beyond the insurance industry’s ability to pay, a new market has sprung up to spread the risk. But how do you calculate the odds of catastrophe?

By Michael Lewis, courtesy of The New York Times

China’s pollution problem, like the speed and scale of its rise as an economic power, has shattered all precedents.

By Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley, courtesy of The New York Times

By Jeremy Lovell of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

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From Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

New combustion technology could boost gas mileage by 15 percent

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Energy's Future: Until we solve climate change, says James E. Rogers, we need even the dirtiest fuel.

By Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, courtesy of MSNBC

By Terence Chea of the AP, courtesy of The Washington Post

A letter to the Editor, courtesy of The Washington Post

Congressional Democrats are using subpoenas and other investigatory powers to expose Bush administration missteps and push for policy changes even as they struggle at times to enact legislation.

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From Reuters By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
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By Juliet Eilperin, courtesy of The Washington Post

Previously unknown islands are appearing as Arctic summer sea ice shrinks to record lows, raising questions about whether global warming is outpacing U.N. projections, experts said.

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Straw Finds Niche as Eco-Friendly Building Material

By David A. Fahrenthold, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Doug Struck, courtesy of The Washington Post

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By Simon Rabinovitch of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

Hurricane Dean buffeted Jamaica's southern coast, flooding the capital and littering it with broken trees and roofs after killing nine people earlier on its run through the Caribbean.

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Rescuers searched Friday for people swept away in flash floods caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, as wary residents across the Gulf Coast watched as Hurricane Dean charged through the Caribbean.

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By John M. Broder, courtesy of The New York Times

Tucked away among the $3.2 billion in Congressional earmarks in the recently passed energy and water spending bill is a $4 million grant to a small company in suburban Chicago that is trying to solve the problem of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions.

By Nicholas D. Kristof, courtesy of The New York Times

Dick Cheney once scoffed that energy conservation can be a “personal virtue” but is no basis for an energy policy. Growing evidence suggests he had it exactly wrong.

Australia and India have agreed to negotiate a uranium trade pact to help meet the growing demand for power in India, Prime Minister John Howard of Australia announced on Thursday.

By the AP, courtesy of The New York Times.

A conservation organization has requested that Alaska and six other states add bodies of water to their list of impaired waterways: the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

By the AP, courtesy of The New York Times.

By John Zodzi of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post.

But increased demand for water may curb that influence in the future.

By Andrea Thompson, courtesy of MSNBC

Global warming impacting system? 'Too soon to tell,' study author says.

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The state of smog in Los Angeles is one cause for a sunny outlook on the environment.

By Michael Gerson, courtesy of The Washington Post

By David A. Fahrenthold and Steven Mufson, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Marc Kaufman, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Michael Gerson, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Alistair Thomson of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

Australian scientists have discovered a giant underwater current that is one of the last missing links of a system that connects the world's oceans and helps govern global climate.

By Reuters, courtesy of The New York Times

With its decidedly ’50s-era menu — chili, cheese fries, shakes and half-smoke sausages, a distinctive regional specialty — Ben’s Chili Bowl, a restaurant near the Howard University campus, might not seem a likely business to be at the vanguard of Washington’s “green power” movement.

By Shawn G. Kennedy, courtesy of The New York Times

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How is newly exposed ground repopulated by plant and animal life?

By Henry Fountain, courtesy of The New York Times

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Actor says '11th Hour' aims to inspire people to take action.

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Industry-funded group performs economic analysis.

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Hundreds of climate demonstrators set up a tent camp next to London's Heathrow airport on Monday and threatened "direct action" at the world's busiest air hub to protest against global warming.

By Simon Rabinovitch of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

A report questioning climate change and calling global warming a "natural phenomenon" on Monday led to accusations Australia's Prime Minister John Howard was a climate skeptic, possibly denting his re-election hopes.

By Rob Taylor of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

To do something real about climate change, a price on emissions is a must.

An editorial, courtesy of The Washington Post

Four Australian governing party lawmakers on Monday rejected the idea that humans are causing global warming, the conclusion reached by their colleagues on a parliamentary committee.

GLOBAL warming is by nature a big-enough problem to create the kind of necessity that could be mother, father and midwife to invention. And plenty of big ideas are out there to address it, some that may even lead to substantial enterprises much as our military needs have.

By Michael Fitzgerald, courtesy of The New York Times

The ring tone on Sister Patricia Daly's cellphone is the "Hallelujah" chorus from Handel's "Messiah," which makes every call sound as if it's coming from God.

By Dashka Slater, courtesy of the New York Times

To the extent that ownership of potentially huge deposits of natural resources can be determined, it will not be decided by planting flags in the seabed.

A New York Times Editorial

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By Deborah Zabarenko, courtesy of The Washington Post

Flooded subways? A tornado in Brooklyn? It was tempting to blame it all on global warming.

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By Matt Zapotosky, courtesy of The Washington Post

Hybrid Taxicabs Move County Toward Cleaner Rides

By Jerry Markon, courtesy of The Washington Post

Major automakers are openly acknowledging what the rest of the country already knew: a soft housing market and high gasoline prices are damping sales of cars and light trucks.

By Micheline Maynard and Nick Bunkley, courtesy of the New York Times

By Andrew C. Revkin, courtesy of The New York Times

The Rockefeller Foundation says it will invest $70 million over the next five years to help Asian cities and African farmers withstand floods, droughts and other global warming hazards.

Climate change among reasons for decline, study says.

By The AP, courtesy of MSNBC

In the energy crisis today, as in the nuclear standoff of the 1970s, the world needs to rally against a mortal threat.

By Klaus Schwab of Newsweek, courtesy of MSNBC

By Marc Kaufman, courtesy of The Washington Post

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Sen. Barbara Boxer had been chair of the Senate's Environment Committee for less than a month when the verdict landed last February. "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal," concluded a report by 600 scientists from governments, academia, green groups and businesses in 40 countries.

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By Somini Sengupta, courtesy of The New York Times

Climate change could ultimately affect food production and add to the woes of already desperate peasants in India, the official said.

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Of the mountain of individual plastic water bottles created by Americans each year, less than one-fourth are sent to the recycling industry for a second round.

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By Reuters, courtesy of The New York Times

A Senate bill to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would raise energy prices and also reduce American economic output by more than half a trillion dollars over two decades, according to a government report released on Monday.

By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters Environment Correspondent, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Laura MacInnis of Reuters, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Doug Struck of The Washington Post Foreign Service

Former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday that some of the world's largest energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., are funding research aimed at disputing the scientific consensus on global warming as part of a campaign to mislead the public.

By the AP, courtesy of The New York Times

A. Sport utility vehicles; B. Rice fields; C. Increased solar output.

By Sharon Begley and Andrew Murr of Newsweek, courtesy of MSNBC

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By H. Josef Hebert of The AP, courtesy of The Washington Post

By Off The Shelf

Consumer interest in green construction has continued to grow, but few people can afford to build an environmentally friendly house from the ground up. They don't have to, says architect Kelly Lerner, co-author of "Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House." To find out more about this design philosophy, The Post's Mary Ellen Slayter recently spoke with Lerner. This is an edited transcript of the conversation.

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By John M. Broder, courtesy of the New York Times

The House passed a wide-ranging energy bill on Saturday that will require most utilities to produce 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar power. President Bush has vowed to veto the bill because it does nothing to encourage increased domestic production of oil and gas.

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