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Changing the Climate in School

Bill Bigelow | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Physical Science, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Climate Science, 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Education News
Bill Bigelow

Scholastic's curriculum, The United States of Energy, was distributed free to tens of thousands of elementary teachers. It showed gleaming piles of coal, along with many of its alleged benefits. Students didn't learn of a single problem, including coal's huge contribution to climate change.

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Does This Animal Deserve Rights?

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Killer Whales, Video, Animal Rights Activists, Animal Rights, Marine Mammals, Dolphins, Marine Mammal Rights, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Orcas, Animals, Whales, Green News

By Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer: VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Orcas mourn their dead, right whales have accents and dolphins like to ...

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Peace Breaks Out In The War Between Religion And Science

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: International Society for Science and Religion, Creationism, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Evoluton, The Clergy Letter Project, The Biologos Foundation, Society of Ordained Scientists, Religion and Science, Faith and Science, War of the Worldviews, Religious Scientists, Science vs Spirituality, Religion News
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

The message that people do not need to choose between many religious beliefs and scientific understanding is not new -- but it has been spreading.

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Larger Predator Fish Rapidly Vanishing

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fishing Industry, Fish Farming, American Association for the Advancement of Science, UN Environment Programme, International Food Policy Research Institute, Sustainable Fishing, Overfishing, Villy Christensen, Food News

Over the past 100 years, some two-thirds of the large predator fish in the ocean have been caught and consumed by humans, and in the decades ahead the...

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New Study Shows BP Macondo Oil Still "On the Bottom"

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samantha Joye, Bp, Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, University of Georgia, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

An extensive new study has found that much of the oil from the Macondo well is still on the bottom of the Gulf. It's not surprising that it directly contradicts the claims that everything okey-dokey.

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Exploring The Middle Ground Between Science And Religion

Alan I. Leshner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Alan I. Leshner, John Newsome, Randy Isaac, Richard Cizik, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, Evangelicals, Aaas, Religion Science, Sputnik Moment, Christianity, Science Education, Religion News
Alan I. Leshner

The scientific and religious communities are not opposing teams, and do share common interests and concerns.

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Green Energy Innovation: Building A National Commitment

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Energy Innovation Council, General Electric, High-Risk High-Reward Research, Kleiner Perkins, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Bank of America, George F. Will, Clean Energy, Scialog, National Science Foundation, James Fallows, Arpa-E, John Holdren, Ursula Burns, Steven Chu, Electric Cars, Department of Energy, Nathan Lewis, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Lockheed Martin, Energy Secretary, Biosphere-2, American Association for the Advancement of Science, John Doerr, Bill Gates, U.S. Treasury Department, Caltech, Jeff Immelt, Nobel Prize, Xerox, The Atlantic, Green Products, Wind Turbines, China, Green News
James M. Gentile

Clean energy may well be the next economic revolution, and the United States can be at the forefront, if we take full advantage of our nation's streng...

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Increase Science Funding to Grow U.S. Jobs

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, National Science Foundation, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Smarter Ideas, Technology News
James M. Gentile

In the second half of the 20th century, well over 40 percent of U.S. prosperity was the result of scientific and technological advances, and science and technology continue to be the key to the jobs that so many Americans need.

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Climate Change Science Not Faked, But Not Pretty

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hacked Climate Emails, University of East Anglia, Climate Change, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Climategate, Global Warming, Green News

LONDON - E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data -- but the messages don't support claims that...

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Al Gore Asks Scientists to Take Up Politics

Susan Cosier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: An Inconvenient Truth, Climate Change, Al Gore, Clean Coal, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Green News
Susan Cosier

"The solution to this crisis depends on the spread of science into the world of politics," said Al Gore. Now that we have new leadership, we have to make a decision as a species.

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What Would An Energy 'Moon Shot' Look Like?

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Nasa, President Obama, Climate Change, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Environment, Moon, Kei Koizumi, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Apollo, Green News

What it would take for a president to pursue meaningful climate and energy policy in a multitasked world? One approach, hinted at by President Elect B...

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