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National Panel Backs State Climate Efforts

A hefty stack of reports issued by a top national science board appears to affirm California's response to the challenges of climate change.… Read More

Questioning Mainstream Climate Science from Within

Criticism of climate science is now coming from within, as well as outside, the mainstream climate community.… Read More

What’s Soot Got To Do With It?

A little-noticed portion of the new Senate climate bill concerns short-lived air pollutants such as black carbon (soot) and tropospheric ozone. How significant are short-lived air pollutants in causing climate change? … Read More

Climate Change Time Machine

Ben Strauss looks backwards in time to understand future climate change… Read More

Climate Bill Would Encourage New Energy Choices

The bill would help make the shift to cleaner forms of energy, but meeting its mandates won't be easy.… Read More

Copenhagen and the Diversion of Hacked Emails

Berrien Moore weighs a recent distraction from the scientific facts.… Read More

The Search for Science in Copenhagen

As a scientist and a first-time observer of the international political process to combat climate change, Nicole Heller wonders about the role of science in the negotiations. … Read More

Covering Copenhagen: A Day in the Life

Andrew Freedman reports on his acclimation to the climate summit.… Read More