Topic: Jerry Taylor
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Climate change: Arctic passes 400 parts per million milestone
Arctic monitoring stations show carbon dioxide levels are now above 400 parts per million. Carbon dioxide is the chief climate-change gas and stays in the atmosphere for 100 years. Before the Industrial Age, carbon dioxide levels were 275 ppm.
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Budget watchdogs see folly in US loan guarantees for nuclear power
Fiscal watchdogs are skeptical of Obama's move to give US loan guarantees for the construction of nuclear power plants, citing risk of default. Wall Street, too, has been reluctant to invest. Might that change now?
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Why green-power premiums may fade
Pricier options may become obsolete if government requires utilities to bring more renewables on line.
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Opinion: Gas is affordable
Pain at the pump was higher in the early 1960s.
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