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Investor Coalition Says Insurers Should Have Better Climate-Change Strategies
The Hartford CourantAn investors group says the insurance industry needs to better prepare for coming shifts in the earth's climate. The critique came in a report released Thursday by Ceres, a Boston-based coalition of institutional investors that advocate for...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Global Change, Business, Environmental Issues
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California leads nation in advanced bio-fuel companies, report says
It isn't often that one gets to say that California has gotten it right in terms of attracting and supporting cutting-edge business enterprises. But in advanced bio-fuels, a new report says the state is leading the way. E2, also known as Environmental...
Tags: Chevron Corportion, Petroleum Industry, Business Enterprises, Environmental Issues
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State gets money to explore role of climate change on health
Maryland has received $250,000 in federal funds to explore the role of climate change on people's health. The funding was awarded by the Centers for Disease Control, which has a program aimed at preparing local communities to deal with the health affects...
Tags: Ecosystems, Disease Prevention, Weather, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Change
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China uses nearly as much coal as rest of the world combined
BEIJING -- Those searching for answers to China's chronic smog should consider this: Coal consumption in the world's second-largest economy is nearly on par with the rest of the world combined. That's according to the U.S. Energy Information...
Tags: Coal, China, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution
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Letter: Support ethanol
In response to Kenneth C. Blanchard's column Jan. 23, Mr. Blanchard blames most of the world's problems on the Democratic Party. Mr. Blanchard blames the liberal Democrats for developing the ethanol industry which is helping the environment by lowering...Tags: Ethanol, Petroleum Industry, Politics, Parties and Movements, Environmental Issues
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Recipe for conservative revival
WASHINGTON -- Happy days are not here again, but they are coming for conservatives. Barack Obama -- with the lowest approval rating (according to Gallup, 50 percent, four points lower than that of the National Rifle Association) of any re-elected...
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, The Wall Street Journal, Keystone XL Pipeline, Labor Markets, Global Change
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Obama's Recipe For Conservative Revival
The Hartford CourantHappy days are not here again, but they are coming for conservatives. Barack Obama — with the lowest approval rating (according to Gallup, 50 percent, four points lower than that of the National Rifle Association) of any re-elected president when...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Keystone XL Pipeline, Global Change, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Kerry expected to elevate climate change as secretary of state
Secretary of State nominee John Kerry, with 20 years of concern about climate change, is expected to push the issue to center stage as a slow-motion crisis in need of a global solution. When he sought to defeat President George W. Bush in 2004, the...
Tags: George W. Bush, Ecosystems, Science and Technology, Weather, European Union
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Warming to the subject
As much as this week's bone-chilling temperatures might offer "cold" comfort to those who deny its existence, the threat of climate change earned a prominent spot in President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Monday. That was welcome, if overdue, given...Tags: Interior Policy, White House, Politics, Global Change, U.S. Congress
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Wind picks up steam
Would you pay a little bit more on your monthly utility bill to help build a wind farm generating as much as 200 megawatts of electricity 12 miles or more off the coast of Maryland? That's really all Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed offshore wind bill...Tags: Weather, Energy, Alternative Energy, Politics, Energy Saving
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Forecast calls for pain
Not long after President Barack Obama promised to fight climate change in his inaugural address, temperatures soared to 70 last week in Baltimore — in late January. Our weather continues to be unrecognizable. Last summer was the hottest ever...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Global Change
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Aah-choo! Is it allergy season already?
Gesundheit! If it seems to you allergy sufferers that you're reaching for Kleenex and hay fever pills earlier and earlier each spring to ward off sneezing fits, you may be right. A panel of climate scientists and plant physiologists said Tuesday...
Tags: Science and Technology, Allergies, Environmental Issues
Mar 8, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
Feb 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 6, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 30, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 28, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 25, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Dec 24, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 22, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 24, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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