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Bad climate for global worriers
Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent. Britain's intelligent prime minister, Gordon Brown, gives scary precision to the word "immediate."...
 

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More on the Dec. 3-14, 2007 event in Bali, Indonesia.

Gore Wins Nobel Prize

Gore

Former Vice President Al Gores Shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. Panel.

Graphics

Visual representations of the effects of climate change.

  • Warm Trends  The "hockey stick graph," so called because its line resembles one, used data and estimates from thermometers, tree rings, corals, ice cores and historical records to chart temperatures over 1,000 years.
  • A Rapid March  Global warming is a factor in the spread of diseases carried by insects and water, scientists say.
  • Banking on Environmental Conscientiousness  Some reserach shows carbon "offsets" some researchers say offsets don't always deliver what they promise.

Special Report: Oil & Gas Prices

Read Post coverage of the financial and political debates revolving around the continued rise in oil and gas prices.

Painting a street green hasn't stimulated one new job: Energy-efficiency investments Tangible gains still ahead for $25 billion initiative (Post, November 7, 2009)
 
Environmental groups at odds over new tack in climate fight: Some favor playing down threat, focusing on bill's positives (Post, November 6, 2009)
 
Democrats move on emissions bill: But measure reaching floor may depend on bipartisan talks (Post, November 6, 2009)
 
Lower-carbon future? Try natural gas. (By Tony Hayward, November 6, 2009)
 
Senate trio to pursue separate climate talks: Group aims for bill that could secure 60 votes (Post, November 5, 2009)
 
Merkel urges Congress to act on climate: Partisan divide that greeted German leader also seen on Senate bill (Post, November 4, 2009)
 
Wine: More wineries focus on going green (By Dave McIntyre, November 4, 2009)
 
The Green Lantern: How far should you go to kill germs? (Post, November 3, 2009)
 
Climate bill faces hurdles in Senate: DEMOCRATS DEEPLY SPLIT
Deal on nuclear plants offered to court Republicans (Post, November 2, 2009)
 
Cap-and-trade mirage (By Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, October 31, 2009)
 
A guide to energy-efficiency tax credits (Post, October 29, 2009)
 
U.S. electrical grid gets $3.4 billion jolt of stimulus funding: Modernization investment will create jobs, Obama says (Post, October 28, 2009)
 
Economics of climate change in forefront: Senate panel takes up bill, setting stage for fight over estimates (Post, October 28, 2009)
 
A nuclear power boost for bill: WOOING LAWMAKERS Tax incentives offered with climate measure (Post, October 28, 2009)
 
THE GREEN LANTERN: Don't get charged up about this (Post, October 27, 2009)
 
Ailing planet seen as bad for human health: Advocates' report links climate change to worsening of diseases (Post, October 27, 2009)
 
Action on polar bears might curb oil drilling (Post, October 27, 2009)
 
AES taps into China's rush to wind power: GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES
Va. firm selling some fossil-fuel plants (Post, October 26, 2009)
 
Senate's climate bill a bit more ambitious: Early version would cap carbon allowance prices -- and deficit (Post, October 25, 2009)
 
A new demand for uranium power brings concerns for Navajo groups: Mining planned at a mountain considered sacred (Post, October 25, 2009)
 
LETTER FROM DIJON: A place known for mustard shows fine taste for conservation (Post, October 25, 2009)
 
China steps up, slowly but surely: Driven by climate concerns and a desire to modernize its economy, Beijing has begun addressing the emissions issue (Post, October 24, 2009)
 
Obama urges Congress to pass climate bill: President emphasizes economic benefits of stalled legislation (Post, October 24, 2009)
 
Global demonstrations to push for reduced carbon levels: U.S. officials, experts lowering expectations before December talks (Post, October 24, 2009)
 
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G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus (AP, November 7, 2009; 8:13 PM)

UK floats bank levy (Reuters, November 7, 2009; 2:48 PM)

West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback (AP, November 7, 2009; 1:31 PM)

Ask AP: Polluted water, neutralizing nuclear waste (AP, November 6, 2009; 3:55 PM)

TVA prepares to start smokestack scrubbers (AP, November 6, 2009; 11:57 AM)
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Columns
Bad climate for global worriers (By George F. Will, November 8, 2009)

Costly Carbon Cuts: Proposed Strategies Would Hurt the Most Vulnerable (By Bjorn Lomborg, September 28, 2009)

Could We Engineer a Cooler Planet? (By Samuel Thernstrom, June 13, 2009)

Bridging the Gap on Climate Change (By Richard G. Lugar and Henry M. Paulson Jr., July 14, 2008)

We're Carboholics. Make Us Stop. (By David Crane, October 14, 2007)
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Post Editorials
Signs of Life: An experiment allows oysters to make a comeback in part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Post, August 6, 2009)

A Glass Partly Full: The long, fractious road to global climate talks in Copenhagen (Post, July 16, 2009)

Free Parking: Not to mention exercise, beauty and history at sites across the country (Post, June 21, 2009)

In the Bag?: The D.C. Council should approve a smart measure to cut down on trash. (Post, June 1, 2009)

Cold Reality: Addressing climate change is a job for Congress, not the Endangered Species Act. (Post, May 18, 2009)
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