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GDP: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be?: The headline reads “U.S. Climate Bill Could Cut GDP 3.5 Percent by 2050.” Should we care? by erica — last modified Sep 23, 2009 01:19 PM — filed under: climate change, water pollution, Nicolas Sarkozy, politics, overfishing, Peter Bartelmus, Green GDP, air quality, Joseph Stiglitz, China, policy, gross domestic product, economy, ecosystem services, global warming, global economy, ecosystems, Alan Mollohan, air pollution, economics, pollution — Relevance: 1%
Memo to CNN.com: You Got It Wrong: It’s great when reporters call you for your opinion. It’s even better when they feature a quote from you in the story. And it’s better yet when it’s from an ... by erica — last modified Aug 31, 2009 02:55 PM — filed under: cap and trade, green investments, climate change, energy, Supreme Court, New York Times, Clean Air Act (1990), air quality, renewable energy, renewables, economy, fuel economy, oil, carbon tax, global warming, Barack Obama, CNN, Department of Transportation, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), air pollution, economics, gasoline, George W. Bush, Environmental Protection Agency — Relevance: 1%
Statistical Grok: A Tale of Two Cities: New York Vs. Hong Kong: With Dr. Bill Chameides in Hong Kong, the <a href="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/grokteam">Green Grok team</a> takes a quick look at how New York ... by wendy — last modified Aug 31, 2009 02:22 PM — filed under: air quality, air pollution, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, New York, greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels, Hong Kong — Relevance: 1%
Pulse of the Planet: Aerosols Continue to Puzzle: Well, I'm back from Hong Kong. The visit went well but it's good to be home. After posting on Hong Kong <a ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 09:56 AM — filed under: air quality, aerosols, Pulse of the Planet, particulate matter — Relevance: 1%
The Old Ice Age Myth Put to Rest: Global warming skeptics often point to an "imminent ice age” touted by the popular press in the 1970s to dissuade the public from believing today’s very real ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:00 PM — filed under: Europe, aerosols, air quality, air pollution, climate change, global warming, coal, cooling, paper, Germany, climate skeptics, Switzerland, health, particulate matter, fossil fuels, science — Relevance: 1%
The Pros and Cons of Modernization: Cancer in China: When it comes to getting cancer, is it better to live in a modern, developed economy or in an undeveloped one? Two studies from China suggest that the answer ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:38 PM — filed under: air quality, air pollution, health, China, pollution — Relevance: 1%
Tennessee Coal Ash Contaminated With Radioactivity and Arsenic: Remember that huge spill of coal ash at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston coal-fired power plant on December 22nd? New measurements by Duke University ... by erica — last modified Sep 03, 2009 10:21 AM — filed under: aerosols, radioactivity, air quality, air pollution, particulate matter, Kingston Fossil Power Plant, coal, Duke University, coal ash, water pollution, arsenic, radium, Tennessee Valley Authority — Relevance: 1%
Statistical Grok: Congestion Pricing: Charging drivers a premium to enter a city center during peak hours has improved air quality and reduced traffic gridlock in urban pockets around the world. ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:54 PM — filed under: air quality, air pollution, Statistically Speaking, climate change, statistically speaking, global warming, particulate matter, traffic, transportation, carbon dioxide emissions, congestion pricing — Relevance: 1%
Hong Kong Journal: This is my second dispatch from Hong Kong, where I am helping City University of Hong Kong develop a new Energy and Environment program. Hong Kong is known as ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:59 PM — filed under: waste, air quality, business, air pollution, Pearl River, energy, natural gas, water, global economy, Guandong Province, water pollution, factories, Hong Kong, industry — Relevance: 1%
Clean Coal’s Dirty Secret - When 'Clean' Isn't Clean: Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel. Burning it produces a myriad of noxious air pollutants. That's a problem. Clean coal technology supposedly scrubs those ... by erica — last modified Jul 06, 2009 11:27 AM — filed under: air quality, air pollution, particulate matter, Kingston Fossil Power Plant, coal, water pollution, coal ash, waste, Tennessee Valley Authority, power plants — Relevance: 1%
Statistically Speaking: Natural Gas - Future Green Fuel?: Seen those natural gas commercials on TV? They tout natural gas as the low-carbon, low-pollution, homegrown, near-term solution to break our addiction to oil. ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:52 PM — filed under: aerosols, air quality, air pollution, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, natural gas, gasoline, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide emissions, nitrogen oxides — Relevance: 1%
Obama: The Environmental President?: It's official: there's a new U.S. president. Will Barack Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:13 PM — filed under: cap and trade, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Fish & Wildlife Service, Diane Feinstein, water pollution, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Clean Air Act (1990), air quality, legislation, Clean Water Act, National Park Service, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Air Act, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, oceans, global warming, Barack Obama, Endangered Species Act, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, air pollution, Woodrow Wilson, Montreal Protocol, George W. Bush, Environmental Protection Agency, Yosemite — Relevance: 1%
Statistical Grok: School Buses and Pollution: Numbers can tell stories. School buses -- mass transit for students -- are overall better for the environment than millions of cars transporting kids to ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:56 PM — filed under: air quality, air pollution, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, diesel, particulate matter, health, school buses — Relevance: 1%
Environmental Roundup: From coastal wetlands and "green" tissue paper to getting the lead out, here are four environmental news items theGreenGrok thought you might want to know ... by erica — last modified Mar 31, 2009 02:25 PM — filed under: wetlands, air quality, lead, air pollution, water, health, recycled paper, Environmental Protection Agency, waste — Relevance: 1%
Urban Air Pollution: Stay on the Windy Side of the Street: Thinking of an urban stroll to clear the head, move those bones, and take in a breath of fresh air? Be careful that noxious car exhaust doesn’t put a dent in ... by erica — last modified Oct 14, 2009 03:28 PM — filed under: science, air quality, air pollution, cars, research, particulate matter, traffic, automobile, Environmental Protection Agency, transportation, pollution — Relevance: 1%

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