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Air Pollution Worsens After Controls Kick In
BEIJING, July 25 -- Beijing's air pollution index rose steadily this week at the same time the city has tried to cut traffic volume in half. Readings Thursday and Friday were over 100 and considered unhealthy for children, seniors and those with allergies or asthma.
 

Climate Change Conference

Bali

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

Gore Wins Nobel Prize

Gore

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

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Growing Number of Americans See Warming as Threat

View results of an April 2007 Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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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.

Omens in Peru's Ice

Peru

The Post's Doug Struck reports on retreating glaciers in Peru.

From Metro

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Living Lightly on the Grid

An environmental activist concerned with climate change, has outfitted his home with energy-efficient appliances, a corn-burning stove and solar panels.

•GRAPHIC: Outfitted for the Environment

•VIDEO: Fighting Global Warming, One House at a Time

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Washington Warming to Southern Plants

A warming climate is beginning to affect the makeup of area's trees.

VIDEO: Post's Fahrenthold


Warming Imperils Md. Species Louisiana pelicans are beginning to feel more comfortable in Maryland than the official state bird.

•GRAPHIC: Effect on the Enviroment

International

Global Warming and the Supreme Court

Twelve states, led by Massachusetts and joined by the District of Columbia, are objecting to the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to decline to issue emissions standards for new cars and trucks.

Special Report: Oil & Gas Prices

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

From Slate

PostGlobal

David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria moderate a discussion of global issues by leading thinkers from around the world.

View discussions about the environment.

In Surprise Move, EPA Bans Carbofuran Residue on Food (Post, July 25, 2008, Page A02)
 
What Makes Northern Lights Dance (Post, July 25, 2008, Page A10)
 
WHITE HOUSE SOUGHT RETRACTION: EPA E-Mail Concluded Global Warming Endangers Public Health, Senator Says (Post, July 25, 2008, Page A19)
 
Pedaling the Local Food Movement: Three D.C. Women Take a Three-Month Bike Trip to Montreal to Document Community Agriculture Efforts (Post, July 24, 2008, Page H01)
 
Ex-EPA Official Says White House Pulled Rank: Administration Ordered Calif. Emissions Plan Quashed, Former Deputy Testifies (Post, July 23, 2008, Page A04)
 
India's Government Wins Parliament Confidence Vote (Post, July 23, 2008, Page A12)
 
Medicine Gears Up for a Code Green: Doctors, Hospitals Put Environment On Their Charts (Post, July 22, 2008, Page HE05)
 
Warming Alters Predator-Prey Balance (Post, July 21, 2008, Page A06)
 
A Fresh Face For the Olympics: Beijing Bans Freely in Quest for Better Air (Post, July 21, 2008, Page A07)
 
Green Becomes Official Color of Baseball: League Launches a Broad Effort to Become More Environmentally Friendly (Post, July 20, 2008, Page A02)
 
Warming Is Major Threat To Humans, EPA Warns (Post, July 18, 2008, Page A01)
 
Innovators: Tokyo's Cantankerous Boss Takes On Global Warming (Post, July 18, 2008, Page A12)
 
Gore Urges Fast Energy Makeover: Power Grid Could Go Renewable in 10 Years, He Says (Post, July 18, 2008, Page A13)
 
The Great Global Schemer (Post, July 17, 2008, Page C12)
 
Student Reaches for the Sun and Succeeds: Solar Panel Project At Mason High Aims To Bring Awareness (Post, July 17, 2008, Page PW08)
 
Grocers' Rules Follow Wave Of Sustainably Farmed Fish (Post, July 16, 2008, Page D01)
 
Recent Bush Victories Smell of Compromise: Lately, President Employs a Little-Used Tool (Post, July 13, 2008, Page A04)
 
Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot: It Was Agency's Most Aggressive Air Measure (Post, July 12, 2008, Page A01)
 
EPA Seeks Comment on Emissions Rules, Then Discredits Effort (Post, July 12, 2008, Page A04)
 
EPA Won't Act on Emissions This Year: Instead of New Rules, More Comment Sought (Post, July 11, 2008, Page A01)
 
USDA Rule Change May Lead To Crops on Conserved Land (Post, July 11, 2008, Page A02)
 
Readers' Joy Speaks Volumes: Long Without a Library, Residents Of Burke Centre Embrace 'Green' Branch (Post, July 10, 2008, Page VA14)
 
U.S. Joins G-8 Plan To Halve Emissions: 2050 Pledge Marks Shift on Issue for Bush (Post, July 9, 2008, Page A01)
 
Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony On Warming: Health Threats at Issue, Ex-EPA Official Says (Post, July 9, 2008, Page A01)
 
More News on Climate Change
Wire Updates

Judge opens some conserved land to grazing, haying (AP, July 24, 2008; 7:13 PM)

EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases (AP, July 24, 2008; 6:38 PM)

EPA chief won't explain climate choices (AP, July 24, 2008; 6:19 PM)

White House reverses experts on Yellowstone policy (AP, July 24, 2008; 5:24 PM)

EPA moves to ban pesticide carbofuran from food (AP, July 24, 2008; 5:21 PM)
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Columns
We're Carboholics. Make Us Stop. (By David Crane, October 14, 2007; Page B07)

The Poetry of Rachel Carson (By Lynn Scarlett, May 27, 2007; Page B07)

When the Skies Filled With Dust (By George F. Will, April 29, 2007; Page B07)

Carbon Ruling: A Welcome First Step (By Christine Todd Whitman, April 9, 2007; Page A13)

Save the Polar Bears, End the Hunts (By Fred O'Regan, March 19, 2007; Page )
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Post Editorials
The Farmland Fix: To lower food prices, the USDA should allow farming on some conservation land. (Post, July 21, 2008; Page A14)

Climate Crash: Don't expect congressional action on cutting greenhouse gases until there's real leadership from the White House. (Post, June 8, 2008; Page B06)

Endangered Species: Lawyers and judges run the Fish and Wildlife Service. (Post, May 26, 2008; Page A16)

Phosphates and the Bay: Why cut a big corporation a break? (Post, May 5, 2008; Page A16)

Mr. Bush's Train Wreck: The president raised a legitimate concern in his climate speech. Too bad he's the cause of it. (Post, April 21, 2008; Page A14)
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