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Learn how much your power plant pollutes
Nov 14 2007 10:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's growing worry about global warming, but how much of it is the work of that power plant just outside town? And if Congress limits heat-trapping greenhouse gases, will it affect utility and electric bills? And who's the biggest corporate culprit when it comes to climate change?
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Monkey clones unlikely to bring new care
Nov 14 2007 10:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gleaning stem cells from cloned monkey embryos, as a team of Oregon researchers has done, is an impressive step. But it probably won't lead to medical treatments any time soon.
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Groups say dams may damage Mekong River
Nov 14 2007 6:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Six proposed dams on the Mekong River could displace up to 75,000 villagers and harm hundreds of species like the endangered giant catfish and Irrawaddy dolphin, conservationists warned Tuesday.
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Viruses intrigue Yellowstone researchers
Nov 14 2007 6:09PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Researchers who study the wilderness of heat-loving bacteria that thrives in Yellowstone's hot springs are starting to pay more attention to the even smaller organisms that keep those bacteria populations in check: viruses.
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Climate panel debates warming document
Nov 14 2007 5:16PM (CT)
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) - A U.N. climate change conference argued over words and phrases Wednesday in drafting a scientific report that will guide governments for years to come on their global warming policies.
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Alaska Steller sea lion numbers stagnant
Nov 14 2007 5:11PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The number of endangered Steller sea lions along a long stretch of Alaska coastline remains stagnant, federal scientists said Tuesday.
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