Global Warming, Local Damage

Seeded on Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:57 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Times have certainly changed — the human contribution to climate change is now beyond any serious dispute.

nytimes, opinion, nyregionopinions, global-warming, environment, editorials, new-york-city, union-of-concerned-scientists

Lenders Appeal to Democrats on Subsidy Cuts

Seeded on Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:22 PM EDT (The New York Times)

With the House set to take up legislation that would sharply cut subsidies to student loan companies by about $19 billion, lenders are trying to appeal to Democrats.

nytimes, washington, student-loans, law-and-legislation, democratic-party

Determined to Reinspire a Culture of Innovation

Seeded on Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:45 PM EDT (The New York Times)

William A. Wulf says innovation in science and manufacturing starts with the eureka moment, in which people discover the reward in solving problems.

nytimes, science, engineering-and-engineers, science-and-technology, national-academy-of-engineering, william-a-wulf

Global Warming and Your Wallet

Seeded on Fri Jul 6, 2007 10:13 AM EDT (The New York Times)

An unpleasant and inescapable truth is that any serious effort to fight warming will require everyone to pay more for energy.

nytimes, opinion, energy-efficiency, united-states-politics-and-government, global-warming, prices-fares, fees-and-rates, editorials

Detroit's Big 3 Lost Buyers Last Month

Seeded on Wed Jul 4, 2007 2:08 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Detroit automakers' share of the American car market fell to a record low in June, foreshadowing another summer of deep discounts, cheap car loans and deals on leases.

nytimes, automobiles, sales, discount-selling, united-states-economy, detroit-mich, general-motors-corp, ford-motor-co, toyota-motor-corp

Finding Clues to Aging in the Fraying Tips of Chromosomes

Seeded on Tue Jul 3, 2007 3:16 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Elizabeth H. Blackburn studies aging and biochemical changes in cells that are related to the diseases of old age and may have a shot at the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

nytimes, science, age, chronological, biology-and-biochemistry, science-and-technology, dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, chromosomes, telomeres, blackburn

A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech

Seeded on Mon Jul 2, 2007 9:52 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The $73.5 billion global biotech business may soon have to grapple with a discovery that calls into question the scientific principles on which it was founded.

nytimes, business, yourmoney, genetics-and-heredity, biotechnology, science-and-technology, national-human-genome-research-institute

U.S. Is Creating 3 Centers for Research on Biofuels

Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:46 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The new approach supports President Bush's goal of reducing gasoline consumption by 20 percent in 10 years.

nytimes, business, biodiesel-fuel, laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, energy-department

Signs of Energy

Seeded on Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:58 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The energy bill passed by the Senate on Thursday includes an important breakthrough: the first substantial improvement in the nation's automobile fuel-efficiency standards since 1975.

nytimes, opinion, law-and-legislation, united-states-politics-and-government, energy-efficiency, editorials, senate

At 90, an Environmentalist From the '70s Still Has Hope

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:03 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Barry Commoner has for decades been agitating to restore ecological balance to the biosphere, whether by outlawing nuclear testing or spreading the practice of recycling.

nytimes, science, earth, environment, global-warming, dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, nuclear-tests, ddt-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, recycling-of-waste-materials, barry-commoner

Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet

Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The power consumed by common electric devices — even when they're not in use — can quickly add up.

nytimes, technology, energy-efficiency, conservation-of-resources, computers-and-the-internet, electric-light-and-power

College Leaders Push for Carbon Neutrality

Seeded on Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:29 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The list of universities and colleges putting up green buildings, buying alternative energy and otherwise shelling out money to green their campuses gets longer every day.

nytimes, education, colleges-and-universities, environment, education-and-schools

Solar Panels, Biofuel and Tidal Turbines in Bloomberg Plans

Seeded on Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:54 AM EDT (The New York Times)

On Monday, the mayor made the latest in a series of proposals intended to help the city cope in an environmentally sound way with the one million new residents expected by 2030.

nytimes, nyregion, environment, hydroelectric-power, solar-energy, mayors, farm-aid, new-york-city-ballet, michael-r-bloomberg

The Democrats Lag on Warming

Seeded on Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:21 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Unless Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders step forward, the issue of global warming may well wind up in worse shape than it was under the Republicans.

nytimes, opinion, law-and-legislation, united-states-politics-and-government, editorials, global-warming, nancy-pelosi