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07.03.09

Are climate-change deniers guilty of treason?

It seems as though the so-called skeptics have really gotten under Paul Krugman’s skin this time. Writing in his New York Times column Sunday, the Nobel Prize-winning liberal economist expressed outrage at the representatives who voted against the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill because they doubted the scientific basis of global warming.

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It’s almost like cars are the sea within which we live and we’re so attached to them, it’s so habitual. . . We are trying to lead the way, to set an example about how to get away from cars altogether."

Andrew Brown, founder and CEO of New Amsterdam Project, a Cambridge company that hauls cargo via industrial tricycles

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05.29.09

Chevron fights massive lawsuit in Ecuador

05.12.09

Standing up for Congo’s rare mountain gorillas

05.04.09

Video: The last mountain gorillas, and their protectors

04.13.09

Are we loving the Galápagos to death?

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Fishermen’s association members (l. to r.) Rafael Castillo Mota, Luis Paulino, and Francisco Calpio worry that resort construction will end access to areas where they launch their boats..

07.02.09

Tourism tangles a fishing lifeline

Loss of sea access hits the Dominican Republic’s already pressed fishermen.

07.01.09

Change in atmosphere aids common reed’s takeover of wetlands

A new study looks at what has caused the aggressive spread of a 'superweed.'

06.30.09

Will much of New Orleans be underwater by 2100?

Sea-level rise and sinking land mean the Mississippi River Delta's habitable land will shrink, a new study finds.

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06.30.09

Guppies adapt to predators after their release in rivers

Scientists released guppies into two rivers to see which would survive.

06.29.09

For Obama, it’s all energy all the time

He touted the climate bill over the weekend, and new lighting standards on Monday. Republicans say the US needs more energy supplies, too.

06.29.09

How teeth may help solve a 53 million-year mystery

Scientists have long wondered if animals migrated to Ellesmere Island seasonally or stayed throughout the year. Now, they have some clues.

06.26.09

A tooth-and-nail fight in House over climate bill

The measure, which calls for the most striking government intervention in energy use since 1975, is up for a vote Friday.

06.25.09

Green Stuff: Eco-news and discoveries

Scientists reveal the effect of fishing on cod size and question turning crops into fuel.

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