Climate Change

High-Efficiency Toilets Save Water, Energy: Breed Puns

Looking for a story with timely consumer appeal, audio/video fun, a climate change connection, and the opportunity to unleash your inner punster? Check out high-efficiency toilets (HETs), also known as "low-flow" or "dual-flush" toilets.

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USGS Maps Potential Spread of Invading Pythons

Escaped pythons and other tropical pet snakes may be able to survive in one-third of Southern states, USGS predicts in new report.

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TOOLBOX: Covering the Health Effects of Climate Change

How health may be affected; accusation that Bush administration drastically altered CDC testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Oct. 23, 2007.

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Feds Begin Second Look at Energy Congestion

The first round of the Department of Energy's national study of energy transmission corridor congestion drew quite a bit of heat in affected areas once the final congested-corridor designations were issued.

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Lawyers Get Creative for Climate Change

Some lawyers are trying new legal approaches to climate change litigation.

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Spin War Looms on Eve of Senate Climate Debate

The battle to control news media and public perceptions of the climate change issue will heat up this week as the Senate prepares to start debate on the first major US legislation to address the problem of global climate change.

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21 US Cities Join Carbon Disclosure Project

Some cities are joining big companies in disclosing publicly their greenhouse emissions.

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Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts

A research team led by Purdue claims in a soon-to-be-published article to have mapped local U.S. climate change more precisely than has been done before.

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SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources

Reporters: you now have a contact list of expert sources of climate information in or about your region.

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Regional Climate Information Resources

The 2009 US Global Change Research Program report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, summarizes current science and focuses on impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health.

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High-Efficiency Toilets Save Water, Energy: Breed Puns

USGS Maps Potential Spread of Invading Pythons

TOOLBOX: Covering the Health Effects of Climate Change

Feds Begin Second Look at Energy Congestion

Lawyers Get Creative for Climate Change

Spin War Looms on Eve of Senate Climate Debate

21 US Cities Join Carbon Disclosure Project

Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts

SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources

Regional Climate Information Resources

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