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The president-elect confirmed that he plans to stick to the aggressive targets he had set earlier for fighting climate change, saying, "delay is no longer an option."
By John M. Broder, courtesy of the New York Times

State regulators have award rights to build a offshore wind farm in the southern part of the state as part of its strategy to substantially increase energy from renewable sources.
By Ken Belson, , courtesy of the New York Times

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

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

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

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.
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