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What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? Or perhaps Titusville, Pa.
 

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Bali

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.

The wind may carry a solution for Kenya: Desert will be site of major project to help boost energy supplies (Post, November 21, 2009)
 
Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center: Scientists' e-mails deriding skeptics of warming become public (Post, November 21, 2009)
 
A climate threat, rising from the soil: Degraded peatlands in Indonesia unleash vast amounts of carbon (Post, November 19, 2009)
 
U.S. and China reach accord on data collection (Post, November 19, 2009)
 
U.S., China may come to talks with emission-reduction goals (Post, November 18, 2009)
 
Low-emission locomotives may boost public health (Post, November 17, 2009)
 
A glut of mercury raises fears: Cleaner chlorine plants may indirectly be creating an excess of toxic metal (Post, November 17, 2009)
 
THE GREEN LANTERN: How green are those veggies? (Post, November 17, 2009)
 
Obama reaches out to China in first visit: President cites 'dramatic ties'
Government chose audience for town hall (Post, November 16, 2009)
 
U.S., Chinese cuts key to reaching climate pact (Post, November 16, 2009)
 
Bellying up to environmentalism (By James E. McWilliams, November 16, 2009)
 
U.S. weighs backing interim international climate agreement: Smaller-scale approach seen as first step toward full pact (Post, November 13, 2009)
 
Cooling the planet without chilling trade (Post, November 13, 2009)
 
EPA tells workers to tone down YouTube clip about climate bill (Post, November 11, 2009)
 
Britain seeks to expand nuclear energy: 10 new plants planned as nation looks for ways to cut emissions (Post, November 10, 2009)
 
The Green Lantern: Amazon? Still not out of the woods. (Post, November 10, 2009)
 
Bad climate for global worriers (By George F. Will, November 8, 2009)
 
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)
 
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Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump (AP, November 20, 2009; 7:28 PM)

Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice (AP, November 20, 2009; 4:12 PM)

Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year (AP, November 20, 2009; 3:58 PM)

Vt. nuke critics renew campaign against relicense (AP, November 20, 2009; 11:41 AM)

W.Va.'s Capito troubled by EPA response on permits (AP, November 20, 2009; 11:32 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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