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  Longtime environmental activist receives award

  February 3, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 Long before most Americans knew about global warming, Julian Powers was sounding the alarm. In lectures on college campuses, at Earth Day fairs and through letters to the editor, the … 45

• Field reports: Study shows Mount Adams glaciers shrinking faster

  January 15, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 CLIMATE CHANGE – Portland State University researchers say the 12 glaciers on 12,276-foot Mount Adams have shrunk by nearly half since 1904 and are receding faster than those of nearby … 1

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  Whitebark pines’ decline ‘rapid’

  July 19, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A5 Ravaged by an introduced pest and facing threats from climate change, stands of whitebark pines are disappearing rapidly from the West’s high-elevation forests. The gnarly looking pines, whose fat-laden seeds …

• Forecast: Sunny with a 50 percent chance of anxiety

  May 22, 2011 in Features on Page D1 On May days here in the 1970s, I didn’t worry much when I looked out the window of my morning high school classes and saw the pouring rain. I knew … 1

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  Global warming heats up Inland NW ag research

  May 10, 2011 in City on Page A1 The Inland Northwest has been going through one of its coolest and wettest springs ever while farmers and scientists are convening this week to launch a $20 million research program … 51

• Senate drops climate bill

  July 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic leaders shelved plans for major energy and climate legislation on Thursday, a bow to political reality that ended their hopes for action this year to reduce …

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  Warming adds to marmots’ mealtime

  July 22, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – Every year, scientists fan out across Colorado’s Upper East River Valley to count the yellow-bellied marmots that make their home there in rocky meadows bordered by aspen, … 3

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  Climate change bill proposes compromises

  May 13, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators Wednesday unveiled a new climate and energy bill that makes some concessions to business and would change the way the nation produces and uses electricity …

• Panel clears climate researchers

  April 15, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 LONDON – Climate-change researchers accused of manipulating or hiding data in last year’s “Climategate” affair were guilty of sloppy record-keeping but not bad science, an independent panel in Britain concluded … 1

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  Park loses 2 more namesake glaciers

  April 8, 2010 in City on Page A6 BILLINGS – Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, … 1

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  2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park

  April 7, 2010 in Outdoors, Region Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government … 34

• Earth Hour event turns into face-off

  March 27, 2010 in City Global warming protesters generated a lot of heat Saturday night at the entrance to Spokane City Hall. 23

• Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour

  March 27, 2010 in Nation/World Europe’s best known landmarks — including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome’s Colosseum — fell dark Saturday, following Sydney’s Opera House and Beijing’s Forbidden City in joining a global …

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  Pope chides Copenhagen climate talks failure

  January 12, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI denounced the failure of world leaders to agree to a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen last month, saying Monday that world peace depends …

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  Experts say big chill a blip, doesn’t disprove warming

  January 7, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping … 2

• Report predicts less snow

  January 6, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 Snow that piles up on streets, shuts down schools and immobilizes communities could be a distant memory in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene by the end of the century. But wildfire … 1

• Obama: ‘Meaningful breakthrough’ on climate change

  December 18, 2009 in Nation/World President Barack Obama said the United States, China and several other countries reached an “unprecedented breakthrough” Friday to curb greenhouse gas emissions — including a mechanism to verify compliance — …

• Amy Goodman: Climate justice isn’t charity

  December 18, 2009 in Opinion on Page A21 COPENHAGEN – Denmark is the home of renowned children’s author Hans Christian Andersen. Copenhagen is dotted with historical spots where Andersen lived and wrote. “The Little Mermaid” was one of … 5

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  U.S. pushes for carbon cuts in developing world

  December 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – With an offer of significant new aid to help poor nations cope with the effects of global warming, the Obama administration began a major diplomatic effort Thursday … 1

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  U.S., Japan extend aid to developing nations

  December 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As President Barack Obama prepared to visit the historic climate conference here, there were signs Wednesday of a break in the impasse between rich and developing nations. …

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  New climate bill plan laid out

  December 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senators working on a compromise climate bill unveiled the basics of their plan for the first time on Thursday, including encouragement for new nuclear power plants, a continued …

• Amy Goodman: Grass roots asking for action

  December 11, 2009 in Opinion on Page A17 COPENHAGEN, Denmark – “Politicians talk, leaders act” read the sign outside the Bella Center in Copenhagen on the opening day of the United Nations climate summit. Inside the convention center, … 1

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  Draft texts stir climate talks

  December 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 COPENHAGEN – A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to … 2

• Mockery is the last refuge

  December 8, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 “A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.” (Proverbs 15:12) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the route of many who would rather call names than have …

• China says it will cut greenhouse gases

  November 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – China pledged Thursday to increase its efforts to limit greenhouse gases and said that Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Copenhagen climate summit next month. The announcements came …

• Joint climate statement hazy

  November 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, …

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  Nuclear moving up in climate bill

  October 28, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Will a heaping spoonful of nuclear power help Congress swallow a climate bill? The Obama administration and leading congressional Democrats are wooing wavering Democrats and Republicans to back …

• Nation in brief: Residents’ doubts grow on global warming

  October 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Washington – Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. In a poll of 1,500 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, released Thursday, the …

• EPA unveils climate change proposal

  October 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday unveiled a detailed proposal for using the government’s regulatory powers to curb greenhouse gas emissions – reassuring foreign allies on the U.S. …

• Senate bill tougher on emissions

  September 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are pushing for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 – deeper than what the House has passed and what President Barack Obama wants …

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