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From the plane flying over the Gulf Islands National Seashore, scientists from the United States Geological Survey were scanning the ocean, trying to find Ship Island. Their maps and G.P.S. system told them they were over its eastern end, but there was no sign of it.
By Cornelia Dean, courtesy of the New York Times

For years, the cows at Green Mountain Dairy here produced only milk and manure. But recently they have generated something else: electricity.
By Katie Zezima, courtesy of the New York Times

Coal the "dark fuel," may be the most visible villain of global warming, but its use is up and projected to go higher.
By Matthew L. Wald, courtesy of the New York Times

With the federal government offering the nuclear industry $18.5 billion in loan guarantees and billions more in production tax credits and insurance against bureaucratic delays, at least a few new reactors seem certain to be built.
By Matthew L. Wald, courtesy of the New York Times

On a strip of Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, a futuristic experiment posing as an ordinary fuel station may be bringing the world one step closer to the hydrogen age.
By Jad Mouawad, courtesy of the New York Times

It is probably a good thing that the Mohonk Mountain House, the 19th-century resort, was built on Shawangunk conglomerate, a concrete-hard quartz rock. Otherwise, the path to the National Weather Service’s cooperative station here surely would have turned to dust by now.
By Anthony DePalma, courtesy of the New York Times

"The moment I read that paper," the wind entrepreneur Peter Mandelstam recalled, "I knew in my gut where my next wind project would be."
By Mark Svenvold, courtesy of the New York Times

Data showing Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest level on record this summer underscores the need for governments to speed up talks on a new climate pact, the Worldwide Fund for Nature said Monday.
From the AP, courtesy of the Washington Post

Hot air at the United Nations has been so successful that more is on the way.
From the AP, courtesy of the New York Times

Tysons Corner exemplifies sprawl, but it could become a national model for smarter, greener development. With vision, thoughtful planning, superior design and careful steps to minimize adverse impacts on other communities, we could turn Tysons into one of the greenest communities in the country.
By Trip Pollard, courtesy of the Washington Post

Some homeowners in Frederick County, Md., may be among the first in the nation to receive text messages from their thermostats.
From the AP, courtesy of the Washington Post

Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.
By Garance Burke of the Associated Press, courtesy of the Washington Post

Tom Friedman says Americans can prosper by "outgreening" everyone else.
Why We Need a Green Revolution -- And How It Can Renew America
A New York Times book review

One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general.
By Nicholas Confessore, courtesy of the New York Times

Leading ice experts in Europe and the United States for the first time have agreed that a ring of navigable waters has opened all around the fringes of the cap of sea ice drifting on the warming Arctic Ocean.
By Andrew C. Revkin, courtesy of the New York Times

Expanded version:
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/warming-waters-driving-arctic-ice-retreat/