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Protest Shuts Down Oil Rig off Greenland

NYT - Environment - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 5:04pm
Exploratory drilling by a Scottish oil firm was halted after four Greenpeace protesters scaled the rig and suspended tents from its underside.

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Protest Shuts Down Oil Rig off Greenland

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 3:06pm
Exploratory drilling by a Scottish oil firm was halted after four Greenpeace protesters scaled the rig and suspended tents from its underside.
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Interviews on Water Use Are Thirsty Work

NYT - Environment - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 12:20pm
Learning which water sources villagers use and how far they carry heavy jerrycans of water is itself thirsty work in the Rwandan heat.

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Fresh Air for Sale, in Hong Kong

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 10:28am
A tongue-in-cheek commercial from an antipollution group, already a hit on YouTube, delivers a message about what the city's pollution could portend.
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BP Tripled Ad Spending After Spill

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 9:29am
An anatomy of the oil giant's media response to the Gulf disaster.
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A Greener Champagne Bottle

NYT - Environment - Wed, 2010/09/01 - 3:39am
France’s Champagne industry is trying to cut the carbon dioxide it emits transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world.

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Passions and Detachment in Journalism

NYT - Environment - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 9:53pm
Can personal passions can be reconciled with professional detachment? A reporter answers yes.

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A Nuclear Giant Moves Into Wind

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 4:10pm
Exelon, which recently backed away from building new nuclear plants, announced that it was buying John Deere Renewables.
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Homeowners Must Pay Off Energy Improvement Loans

NYT - Environment - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 3:02pm
Homeowners who participated in a program that let them repay the cost of solar panels and other energy improvements through an annual surcharge on their property taxes must pay off the loans before they can refinance their mortgages, two government-chartered mortgage companies said Tuesday

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Homeowners Must Pay Off Energy Improvement Loans

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 2:30pm
Homeowners who participated in a program that let them repay the cost of solar panels and other energy improvements through an annual surcharge on their property taxes must pay off the loans before they can refinance their mortgages, two government-chartered mortgage companies said on Tuesday
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A Warming Contrarian Calls for a Global Tax

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 2:05pm
Bjorn Lomborg's latest book is unlikely to bolster his popularity among those opposed to drastic immediate action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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A Warming Contrarian Calls for a Global Tax

NYT - Environment - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 2:05pm
Bjorn Lomborg's latest book is unlikely to bolster his popularity among those opposed to drastic immediate action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

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New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 12:27pm
Politicians in Britain and Bulgaria are seeking ways to make nuclear energy affordable.
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New Warnings on Nuclear Power Costs

NYT - Environment - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 12:27pm
Politicians in Britain and Bulgaria are seeking ways to make nuclear energy affordable.

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New Fault Lines in Mountaintop Coal Debate

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 7:44am
Both sides in the mountaintop removal mining debate are hardening their positions, taking their cases to Washington -- and to the courts.
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New Conflict-of-Interest Policy for Oil Regulators

NYT - Green Inc. Blog - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 7:20am
The federal agency that regulates offshore drilling is taking steps to end a long history of conflicts of interest and excessive coziness with the companies it is charged with policing.
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On Harvard Misconduct, Climate Research and Trust

NYT - Environment - Tue, 2010/08/31 - 5:17am
Can climate science be trusted? Yes.

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Review Finds Flaws in U.N. Climate Panel Structure

NYT - Environment - Mon, 2010/08/30 - 10:50pm
The scientists involved in crafting the panel’s climate reports need to be more open to alternative views and more transparent, an independent review said.

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National Briefing | Washington: E.P.A. Turns Down Request to Ban Lead Bullets

NYT - Environment - Mon, 2010/08/30 - 10:30pm
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it does not have the legal authority to ban lead bullets.

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Virginia Case Against Climate Researcher Is Rejected

NYT - Environment - Mon, 2010/08/30 - 10:30pm
A judge ruled that the state attorney general failed to make his fraud case against Michael E. Mann but could try again.

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