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Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska
Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change
Will Hurricane Gustav crash the Republican convention?
Drill here, drill now -- whoops, batten down the hatches, a storm is coming!
The new Cold War: Bad for a hot planet
When Russia and Georgia rolled out the tanks, Europe's effort to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions may have gotten blitzed
How to measure bovine gas
Cows fart, and the world gets warmer. And science marches on
Rich country, poor country, hot planet
Europe's head start on fighting climate change might offer some useful hints for the masters of the global economy currently meeting in Japan.
Germany: We are the green champions, of the world
While other nations whine about climate change, Germany takes action
The insignificance of offshore drilling
Even Bush's Department of Energy acknowledges that more drilling in the U.S. won't relieve gas price pain. For real short-term help, look to China
Gas prices and offshore drilling
Not much is at stake on Election Day 2008. Just the long-term health of the global economy and the future of the planet. That's what the offshore drilling debate is all about.
Global warming versus a bad economy
Why did Ohio's liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown vote with the Republicans to kill a climate change bill?
Big Tobacco and the war on science
How in the world does one connect Rachel Carson and DDT to the public health dangers of cigarettes? Ask Philip Morris
American Airlines' plan to save the planet
How charging fees for checked baggage will stop climate change.
Newt Gingrich's fantasy land
The former speaker of the house blames high gas prices on left-leaning politicians who want to save the environment. Even if he's right, he's still deluded.
The United Auto Workers vs. California
Attempts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions "discriminate" against the makers of SUVS, complains the UAW.
The peak oil culture wars
Do conservatives oppose conservation because they don't like taking the bus? Or because they're terrified that those dirty hippies were right all along?
Your very own climate change Victory Garden
Michael Pollan urges us all to grow our own veggies. But farming is work -- ask any peasant
FedEx bets on the California sunshine
But what's the company going to do when it absolutely, positively has to offset its humongous carbon footprint?
The oil seesaw
Demand in the U.S. falls for the third straight quarter. But China's thirstier than ever, and it isn't alone.
How not to prepare for peak oil
Russia, Nigeria, Mexico: Please open your arms to foreign oil companies so we can pump out your black gold even faster
George Bush and the Neanderthals
A German politician says mean things about the president's climate change policies. But why did he have to drag innocent Paleolithic hominids into the mix?
Bush's lame-duck climate change proposal
Pity the poor president: How do you become a leader in fighting greenhouse gas emissions after spending seven years pretending the problem doesn't exist?
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Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska
Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change
Sarah Palin: Drill, drill, drill -- all the way
Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!
Hurricane subprime
Insurance companies, already hammered by the credit crunch, wince as Gustav approaches the Gulf
Christianists gone wild
Is the GOP trying to ban private funding of embryonic stem cell research? Some Republicans certainly seem to think so.

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Sarah Palin: Drill, drill, drill -- all the way
Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!
Hurricane subprime
Insurance companies, already hammered by the credit crunch, wince as Gustav approaches the Gulf
Christianists gone wild
Is the GOP trying to ban private funding of embryonic stem cell research? Some Republicans certainly seem to think so.

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