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PBS News Hour | Jan 23, 2013
Paint Pigment, Violent Raccoons and Other Surprising Mercury Trivia
Delegates gathered in Geneva this week to negotiate for a global treaty to regulate the toxic chemical mercury.
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Washington Post | Jan 17, 2013
By Juliet Eilperin
As winter begins to tighten its grip on much of the United States, air conditioning doesn’t seem like much of a survival strategy. But a new study has found that home air...
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New York Times | Jan 15, 2013
By Justin Gillis
I would guess a few Green readers had the experience, over the holidays, of arguing yet again about...
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Energy Biz | Jan 14, 2013
A Win for Energy and America
By John Reilly
THE NEW - STILL DIVIDED - CONGRESS reconvenes this month, and its first order of business is the looming federal deficit. The president made his desires clear in his victory speech: "We want our children to live in...
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MIT News | Jan 14, 2013
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Ten MIT students are having an experience of a lifetime as they join officials from around the world for the fifth and...
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New York Times | Dec 12, 2012
By: Kate Galbraith
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The harm that can be caused by consuming or breathing mercury is well known and terrible. A pregnant woman, eating too much of the wrong kind of fish, risks bearing a child with neurological damage. Adults...
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The New Yorker | Dec 10, 2012
By:Elizabeth Kolbert
It’s been almost a century since the British economist Arthur Pigou floated the idea that turned his name into an adjective. In “The Economics of Welfare,” published in 1920, Pigou pointed out that private investments often impose costs on other people. Consider...
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CNN Opinion | Dec 03, 2012
By: David Frum
Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of eight books, including a new novel, "Patriots," and his post-election e-book, "Why Romney Lost." Frum was a special assistant...