Jeremy Elton Jacquot
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Richard Branson Backs Legal Bid to Protect Virgin Island Mangroves
The outcome of a case pitting an environmental charity organization against the British Virgin Islands (BVI) government and several developers could determine the future of the Caribbean environment and set the groundwork for the creation of an
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San Francisco Considers Taking the Plunge on Congestion Pricing
Will San Francisco succeed where New York City and others have failed? The San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Cabanatuan reports that the City by the Sea is weighing a congestion pricing proposal that would require motorists to
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Will Safety Concerns Delay the Completion of the Expo Line in Los Angeles?
Every time I feel as though L.A. is finally on the cusp on improving its (woefully) underfunded public transit system, something comes along to scuttle my excitement. The latest controversy surrounds the Expo Line, an $862 million light rail project that
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How Do Icebergs Form? Scientists Explain in New Study
It's not quite rocket science, but, as it turns out, it does involve a healthy dose of math and physics. The new "law" coined by Richard Alley, a glaciologist at Pennsylvania State University, and a team of other U.S.-based
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Greenlanders See Independence and Natural Riches as the Upside of Climate Change
Where many see a bleak future in climate change, characterized by melting ice caps, water shortages, acidic oceans and mass extinctions, others see an opportunity. Or, to be more precise, lots of dollar signs. Nature's Nicola Jones
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Emissions from Soil Organic Carbon Not as Bad as Previously Thought
As I've argued many times in the past, climate models may not be foolproof but, with the right data and assumptions, they can serve an invaluable function in helping scientists and policymakers devise effective mitigation strategies.
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Olympic Success Converts Millions of British to Cycling
It's amazing what an Olympic victory can do for a country's cycling fervor. Yes, as noted by The Times' transport correspondent, Ben Webster, the British are in the midst of a cycling revival of sorts -- fueled as much by the
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Geoengineering Redux: Fertilizing Trees with Nitrogen to Fight Climate Change
It's not quite ocean iron fertilization, but I have a feeling this new geoengineering proposed will still raise quite a few hackles. The idea, which originated with Federico Magnani of Italy's University of Bologna, is, as
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Ocean's 'Poop Machines' Could Help Fight Climate Change
Believe it or not, there actually has been a good deal of research done on whether salps, a group of tubular, free-floating tunicates (which one of my former professor affectionately to as nature's "poop machines"), could help slow
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Tropical Dead Zones Set to Expand by 50 Percent Under Climate Change
Dead zones are certainly no stranger to these pages. As Matthew quipped in a recent post, stories about the Gulf of Mexico's (in)famous dead
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Eating the Sun: Oliver Morton's Sweeping Take on Photosynthesis, Plant Evolution and Renewable Energy
Those of you who, as I do, have long felt that photosynthesis was the unsung hero of the energy debate will find much to like about Oliver Morton's "Eating the Sun." Though ostensibly about the history of photosynthesis, this epic volume is so much more:
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KQED Visits Yosemite's Shrinking Dana Glacier to See the Effects of Climate Change First-Hand
Despite having written at length (some might say excessively) about the sorry fate of Yosemite's dwindling glaciers and the Sierra snowpack, I've always felt as though my posts were missing something -- a certain audio/visual oomph, you might say.
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California Coughing Up $28 Billion a Year in Pollution Costs
We all knew the costs of pollution -- both health-related and economic -- were high but $28 billion a year? That is the sum Cal State Fullerton's Jane Hall believes pollution is costing the Golden State on an annual basis,
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Southern Ocean Could Hit Ocean Acidification Tipping Point 30 Years Early
Things just went from worse to worser in the Southern Ocean: According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, seasonal changes in pH and the concentration of carbonate could be compounding
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This Month in Mother Jones: Rescuing the Economy and Saving the Planet
The March/April issue of Mother Jones set a high water-mark for coverage of clean energy. The latest issue, which includes contributions from Al Gore, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, Bill McKibben and Grist's David Roberts, does the
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Bush Administration to Open Public Lands Near Utah's National Parks for Natural Gas and Oil Drilling
There is no doubt that the Bushies will go down in history as the administration with the least environmentally-friendly record (among other dubious distinctions). Having already gutted the Endangered Species Act, denied the
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Major Shifts in North Atlantic Ecosystems Driven by 'Unprecedented' Climate Change in Last Half-Century
The last half-century has witnessed the most dramatic climate-induced ecosystem-level shifts since the advent of human civilization, almost 5,000 years ago, posits a new study published in the November issue of Ecology. Charles Greene, its lead author
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International Energy Agency: 6°C Temperature Hike Could Be Possible
Think a 2°C hike sounds bad? Try 6°C. That's how much average global temperatures could rise, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) soon-to-be released 2008 World Energy Outlook. Reuters and The New Scientist's Catherine Brahic write
