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Nuclear technology tracks Carribbean pollution
PANAMA (AFP) – A UN agency is using nuclear material and technologies to study coastal pollution in a dozen Caribbean countries caused mainly by oil refineries, its officials said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is focusing on marine pollution in this project because the sea is vital to the region, accounting for up to […]
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A finger to ineffectual Democrat talkers, and a thumbs up to a possible alternative
This week the Middle Finger Flag gets waved at the Democrats. Yeah, that’s right, the whole lot of ’em. Recently Obama released a budget proposal that included a carbon cap-and-trade plan that would auction — rather than give away to polluting companies — 100 percent of the pollution credits. This is exactly what every policy […]
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What's the rush on addressing climate change?
New York Times columnist David Brooks, on which priorities -- health-care reform, energy, global warming, and education -- Obama should abandon:
"As for what policies I'd drop from the to-do list because of the crisis, at this point I'd have to say all of them."
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Population growth, climate change sparking water crisis: U.N.
PARIS — Surging population growth, climate change, reckless irrigation and chronic waste are placing the world’s water supplies at threat, a landmark U.N. report said on Thursday. Compiled by 24 U.N. agencies, the 348-page document gave a grim assessment of the state of the planet’s freshwater, especially in developing countries, and described the outlook for […]