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With science undisputed, climate bill opponents turn to cost
Opponents of landmark legislation that would cut greenhouse gas emissions took a new approach this week as the Senate began debate on what could eventually be a huge reordering of how the nation gets and uses energy. Instead of challenging scientific evidence of a warming world, they've focused on costs. In the end, these opponents say, consumers would be hurt. | 06/04/08 20:13:00 By - Renee Schoof
New study finds steep costs of doing nothing on climate
Doing nothing about global warming would cost America dearly in the rest of this century because of stronger hurricanes, higher energy and water costs, and rising seas that would swamp coastal communities, according to a new study by economists at Tufts University. | 05/22/08 18:18:00 By - Renee Schoof
Senators pitch bill to slash greenhouse gases, add tax relief
The measure by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee would be the country's most ambitious effort to reshape the economy, change the way energy is produced and used, and head off potentially catastrophic climate changes such as rising sea levels and mass extinctions. | 05/21/08 19:31:00 By - Renee Schoof
Official: White House influenced EPA ruling on California emissions
Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson was interested in granting California's petition to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, but later changed his mind and denied it after meetings with White House officials, an EPA official told congressional investigators in testimony released Monday. | 05/19/08 18:31:00 By - Renee Schoof
Experts see no early end to world's food crisis
The world's deep hunger crisis could go on for years, and in the long run it'll take a new scientific agricultural revolution to help farmers in the poorest countries produce enough food, experts said Wednesday at congressional hearings. | 05/14/08 17:28:00 By - Renee Schoof
Pollution levels have dropped in U.S. coastal waters
Some good news from the government scientists who study pollution in U.S. coastal waters: A newly released 20-year study shows overall levels of pesticides and industrial chemicals are generally decreasing. | 05/12/08 00:01:00 By - Renee Schoof
Another recipe for ethanol: homegrown sweet sorghum
What's sweet like sugarcane, looks something like corn and could be grown in much of the United States to make ethanol? Sweet sorghum. American pioneers used sweet sorghum as a substitute for sugar. Now researchers are wondering if it isn't a better way to make ethanol than corn. | 05/08/08 15:27:00 By - Renee Schoof
Senate Democrats criticize EPA for impeding science
The Environmental Protection Agency's top science adviser defended his boss for holding meetings with White House officials that are kept secret from Congress and the public. Senators said the practice raises questions about the EPS's independence. | 05/07/08 18:06:00 By - Renee Schoof
Study: Costs of cutting greenhouse gases are actually small
Americans won't pay huge new electricity and heating bills, unemployment won't skyrocket and the U.S. economy won't be damaged in the decades ahead if Congress passes legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study released Monday. | 04/21/08 17:04:00 By - Renee Schoof
Corn ethanol's downsides: High food prices, more pollution
The nation's new energy law means that corn is likely to rule the U.S. ethanol industry for years, but scientists and others are wondering whether corn-for-fuel is the wrong alternative to fossil fuels. | 04/16/08 17:01:00 By - Renee Schoof
Clinton, Obama offer big plans on global warming
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama agree on the basics of global warming. While key parts of their plans are similar, each candidate offers some new ideas. | 03/31/08 06:00:00 By - Renee Schoof
McCain on global warming: Strong warnings, few details
Since his last try for the presidency in 2000, John McCain has listened closely to the evidence on global warming, agreed with scientists that pollution is much to blame and concluded that the United States must limit its emissions from fossil fuels. | 03/23/08 06:00:00 By - Renee Schoof
Key senator predicts strong global-warming measure
Leaders from more than a dozen U.S. environmental groups stood beside Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., in solidarity Wednesday when she announced that the Senate will have a good chance in June to strengthen and pass a landmark bill to slash greenhouse-gas emissions. | 03/12/08 18:14:00 By - Renee Schoof
The race is on to halt global warming — and make money
Forget the arguments over whether global warming is real. Many American businesses and researchers are well past all that and are scrambling to find ways to make money in a world that must slash its use of fossil fuels. | 03/05/08 16:20:00 By - Renee Schoof
Bush takes verbal shots at Obama, Clinton
President Bush waded into the 2008 presidential campaign Thursday, criticizing the Democratic contenders on Iraq and free trade and chastising Sen. Barack Obama for saying he'd meet with hostile world leaders without preconditions. | 02/28/08 16:09:00 By - William Douglas and Renee Schoof
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