Carbon
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Slow Burn
June 24, 2010
Since 1962, a coal fire has been raging beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, and it may continue burning for centuries. When the very ground beneath your feet catches fire, how can you extinguish the blaze?
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Embracing the Anthropocene
March 19, 2010
The Earth has entered a new geological period in which human influence dominates the state of the planet, compounding uncertainty about the future.
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The Lesser Evil: Nuclear or Coal?
July 02, 2009
Should we depend on coal or nuclear? Five experts discuss how clean coal works, how dangerous nuclear waste really is, and whether the root of the problem is money.
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Week in Review: June 26
June 26, 2009
Advocates for ACES Act, Simon Singh takes on British chiropractic, and what’s ailing American universities might be America.
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Economic Advice for the Planet
June 17, 2009
Protecting the environment, some say, is a drag on economic growth. Kristen Sheeran directs a new network of economists who aim to prove them wrong.
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Forests for the Trees
June 04, 2009
Five experts discuss paying countries to keep forests intact, what role carbon markets should play, and how to protect the people whose lives depend on trees.
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Week in Review: May 15
May 15, 2009
Gene patents are challenged, Austria pulls out of CERN, the carbon tax stays alive in British Columbia, and scientists discover new importance of larvae to ant colonies.
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The Green Collar Solution?
April 23, 2009
Will efforts to jumpstart the economy — even ostensibly green ones — collide with efforts to save the planet?
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The Harsh Realities of Energy
April 07, 2009
There is no faster, easier fix for America’s energy crisis than to simply begin living within rational limits.
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What Really Happened at Copenhagen?
March 13, 2009
It's problematic when largely unresolved debates among the world's climate change researchers get reduced to six key messages.
carbon, climate, consensus, decision making, energy, growth, politics
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The Market Force of Nature
April 21, 2008
Putting the "invisible hand" to work for nature could reshape the values of capitalism.
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Driving Away From Oil
January 16, 2006
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The Anti-Kyoto
January 11, 2006
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Ancient Answers to Current Climate Concerns
January 06, 2006
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
