NYT - Environment

First Pentagon Combat Energy Manager Looks to Mission

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 8:47am
In the heat of battle, troops may not have time to think about making the most energy-efficient moves. That's where Sharon Bu...

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Environmental Groups' Challenge to Reactor Project Faces Uphill Path at NRC

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 8:47am
The debate over how best to meet the nation's "clean energy" goals moves today to an unusual venue: the Nuclear Regulatory Co...

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First Pentagon Combat Energy Manager Looks to Mission

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 7:31am
In the heat of battle, troops may not have time to think about making the most energy-efficient moves. That's where Sharon Bu...

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Environmental Groups' Challenge to Reactor Project Faces Uphill Path at NRC

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 7:31am
The debate over how best to meet the nation's "clean energy" goals moves today to an unusual venue: the Nuclear Regulatory Co...

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Breakthrough in Breeding Bluefin Tuna

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 6:24am
A hormone-free technique to raise bluefin tuna in Spain is part of efforts to meet exploding global demand for seafood.

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A Newspaper Apologizes to Leader of Climate Panel

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 5:22am
A British newspaper that attacked the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has pulled its story and apologized.

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Chevron Remains Committed to Deepwater Drilling

Fri, 2010/08/27 - 3:32am
A top company executive says that it expects little long-term impact from the moratorium on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The Bay Citizen: A Green Idea That Sounded Good Until the Trees Went to Work

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 9:40pm
The New Zealand Christmas tree thrives in San Francisco, but is destructive as well. Nonetheless, it is not easy for a homeowner to gain city permission to remove one.

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A Newspaper Apologizes to United Nations' Climate Chief

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 5:45pm
Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper retracts a story accusing Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of potential financial conflicts of interest.

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In the Fields of Italy, a Conflict Over Corn

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 5:17pm
An agronomist, defying the government, has planted genetically modified corn. Environmentalists have also taken matters into their own hands.

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On Our Radar: A Fire Tornado

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 2:46pm
A rare fire tornado whips through the Brazilian city of Aracatuba.

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Smuggler Caught With Real Cub Amid Toy Tigers

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 2:28pm
Amid a stash of stuffed tiger toys, baggage screeners in Bangkok's airport find a surprise.

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Navigating Fieldwork, Rwanda-Style

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 1:18pm
A team sets out to survey water and sanitation coverage in the District of Rulindo in Rwanda, but each step along the way is messy.

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1,000-Megawatt Plant in Calif. Marks New Milestone in Solar Expansion

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 1:13pm
Federal regulators are nearing final approval of what would be the largest solar power plant in the world, a milestone that s...

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Cobalt Deposit Solidifies Idaho's Place on Minerals Map

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 1:13pm
The Idaho Cobalt Project will mine cobalt from a deposit deep beneath a mountain in the Salmon-Challis National Forest....

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Climate Science to Climate Activism, the Sequel

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 11:40am
A NASA climate scientist explains why he became a law-defying activist.

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A Challenge to Bill Gates on Energy Research

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 11:24am
An energy and development specialist says mass deployment of non-polluting energy technology beats a focus on research.

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A Public Composting Toilet in New York City

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 10:52am
A tennis association is raising money to design a carbon neutral restroom complex with composting toilets in Riverside Park.

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Riverside Park Plans Composting Restroom

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 10:24am
A tennis association has proposed a carbon-neutral complex that would be the first public bathroom of its kind in a New York City park.

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Biosolids Tracking Efforts a Jumble of Research With No Clear Answers

Thu, 2010/08/26 - 10:23am
The residents of Rio Vista could smell trouble. In 2001, in this wind-whipped Sacramento River Delta town, 17 people in the t...

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