Science Panel Finds Fault With Estimates of Coal Supply
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A new report says estimates of coal reserves are unreliable and the U.S. may not have nearly as much coal as is popularly believed.
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A key problem is that liquid from coal emits twice as much carbon as gasoline. Still, Washington likes the idea.
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Contradicting NASA policy in a long and bitter debate over science and safety, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday that the
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Scientists at a global warming conference say they see potential triggers for runaway climate change but admit that when and how these notional doomsdays may be unleashed are debatable or quite unknown.
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Science & environment: Government's scorecard on combating climate change fails to add up amid fears over the economy
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Is our mishandling of the environment to blame for  the well-documented increase in the frequency and  severity of hurricanes? The answer is unclear.
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Â· Conservative leader's promise contradicts reportÂ· Increasing material gain can be burden, says group
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Forbes Starbucks is tracking a new Key Performance Indicator (KPI) &#151; its carbon footprint. Calculating the number and cutting emissions is tricky. Power consumed can come from coal as well as other less injurious sources. And do you include the cost of transporting and disposing of goods even when you don&#146;t have control over it? If you just calculate utility ...
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Tobacco companies tried to cast doubt on the link between smoking and cancer by funding projects that challenged the findings of a landmark study, scientists said on Friday.
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Conflicting reports about the timing and the size of any output reduction sent energy markets on a roller coaster.
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Isotopes of lead and polonium could help scientists to form more accurate estimates of when people have died.
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A new study claims to undermine the key argument used by people sceptical of climate change.
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The Democratic chairman of a House panel examining the government's response to climate change said Tuesday there is evidence that senior Bush administration officials sought repeatedly "to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the science of global warming."
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US Sen. Ted Stevens says he disagrees with a new scientific study&#39;s conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is a major factor in climate change.
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Tests that determine whether toxic chemicals accumulate in food may be missing some hazardous materials and need to be updated, a Canadian researcher said Thursday.
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By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Jan. 30--A proposed tax break to help a Texasbased company build a coal-fired power plant on Navajo land south of Farmington was tripped up Monday by a New Mexico legislative committee.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Feb. 11--Coal, the source of half of the nation's power, has a dirty reputation with environmentalists. But a plant that Tampa Electric Co.