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Opinion: Yes We Can -- Move Beyond Oil

(July 12) -- The Gulf of Mexico oil catastrophe has become the first defining moment of Barack Obama's presidency -- and not just because of the disaster's enormity or his administration's response. Rather, this has been the first real test of whether Obama is simply a very accomplished politician -- or something greater....

Coast Guard's Icebreaker Fleet Frozen in Port

Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns, U.S. Coast Guard

SAN FRANCISCO (June 30) -- The U.S. Coast Guard won't have any heavy icebreakers available for polar operations for at least six months because of mechanical breakdowns in its small, aging fleet, officials say. The Polar Sea, one of the Coast Guard's two heavy icebreakers, suffered extensive engine problems, which likely...

NASA Scientists Say Earth Is Still Warming

(March 26) -- The winter was cold and fierce for much of the United States, but the planet is still getting warmer, according to a new draft analysis from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. "We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade, despite large year-to-year fluctuations...

Study Says Global Warming Means Stronger Hurricanes

WASHINGTON (Feb. 21) - Top researchers now agree that the world is likely to get stronger but fewer hurricanes in the future because of global warming, seeming to settle a scientific debate on the subject. But they say there's not enough evidence yet to tell whether that effect has already begun. Since just before...

Opinion: Silver Lining in Global Warming Scandals?

(Feb. 18) -- It's been a bad few months for advocates of action to address climate change. Last week's discovery of typos and poor sourcing in the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report came just a few months after a reserve of stolen e-mails from East Anglia scientists showed that a few prominent...

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