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Gambling with Coal
New conventional coal plants are an imprudent financial investment.
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AB 32: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act, was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2006.
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California Global Warming Impacts
A short summary of the latest scientific findings on how global warming is expected to impact California from the California Climate Action Team report to the Governor and the Legislature (2/2006).
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Fuel Economy Fraud
Fuel economy standards have remained essentially unchanged over the past 20 years—and automakers have increasingly exploited loopholes in Congressional and regulatory language.
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Crichton Thriller State of Fear
Separating fact from fiction in Michael Crichton's book "State of Fear" and clearing up misconceptions about the validity of global warming evidence.
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Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Spring Comes Earlier
Both the overall warming and the disproportionate increase in minimum temperatures have contributed to a lengthening of the warm (growing) season, especially in mid- to-high latitudes.
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Increasing the Texas Renewable Energy Standard
The Texas RPS is one of the most effective and successful in the nation. It could be even better.
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Automaker Rankings '04
Honda continues to be the Greenest Automaker—but all automakers can improve.
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Impacts of a Terrorist Attack at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
Since 9/11, the specter of a terrorist attack at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, thirty-five miles upwind from midtown Manhattan, has caused great concern for residents of the New York metropolitan area.
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Experimental Power Uprates at Boiling Water Reactors
Extended Power Uprate (EPU) allows aging nuclear plants to operate at power levels up to 20 percent higher than the plant's originally licensed level.
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Research Reactors Fueled by Highly Enriched Uranium
Many nuclear facilities fueled with HEU are in academic or industrial settings with inadequate security—attractive targets for terrorists seeking nuclear weapons.
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Abrupt Climate Change
"Abrupt climate change" describes changes in climate that occur over the span of years to decades, compared to the human-caused changes in climate that are occurring over the time span of decades to centuries.