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Painting Ourselves Into a Warmer
White paint and green trees can help reduce heat and pollution in urban areas, according to a study by NASA and the U.S. EPA. An abundance of dark pavement and black roofs, which soak up sunlight rather than reflect it, can make some cities 2 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than surrounding areas and aggravate […]
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Jumble Shrimp
Reigniting a dispute over environmental protection and the World Trade Organization, Malaysia yesterday accused the U.S. of failing to overhaul its laws to permit unrestricted shrimp imports. In 1998, a WTO panel struck down a U.S. ban on the import of shrimp from countries that couldn’t prove that their shrimping fleets were taking measures to […]
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Blair Tactics
In a major environmental speech, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that the government would devote about $150 million to the development of renewable energy and other measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help stave off climate change. Blair pledged to put environmental issues higher up on the political agenda, and he stressed […]
