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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

• Yellowstone gift shop encourages patrons’ care for climate

  September 5, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I5 The gift shop at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is one of a kind. Who would ever think that bison dung would be a product to purchase in a national park? …

• 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

• 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

• 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. …

• 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

• 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, …

• 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 …

• New global climate pact possible, but with wrinkle

  September 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 Several world leaders Tuesday gave the most decisive indication in months that they would work to revive floundering negotiations aimed at securing a new international climate pact. But the vision …

• China could set pace on climate

  September 22, 2009 in City on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – China’s ambition to grow quickly but cleanly soon may vault it to “front-runner” status – far ahead of the United States – in taking on global warming, …

• Greenhouse gas limits targeted

  September 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Two industry groups have filed suit in federal court in an attempt to keep the federal government and the state of California from moving ahead with new greenhouse …

• Ice melt sends walruses ashore

  September 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Thousands of walruses are congregating on Alaska’s northwest coast, a sign that their Arctic sea ice environment has been altered by climate change. Chad Jay, a U.S. …

• Warming Arctic a reversal of 1,900 years of cooling

  September 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The Arctic was cooling for 1,900 years because of a natural change in Earth’s orbit until greenhouse gas accumulation from the use of fossil fuels reversed the trend …

• Council candidates split on global warming’s cause

  August 9, 2009 in City on Page B1 Only four of the dozen candidates running for Spokane City Council say human activity contributes significantly to global warming. The rest – including two incumbents – question what has become … 4

• G-8 climate talks divide rich, poor countries

  July 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 L’AQUILA, Italy – The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be …

• G-8 leaders pledge emissions cuts

  July 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 L’AQUILA, Italy – Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world’s richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 …

• Climate bill closer to passage

  June 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – House Democrats grew increasingly confident on Thursday that they have the votes to deliver on one of President Barack Obama’s highest priorities: a landmark effort to fight global …

• Global warming bill to get vote

  June 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Key Democrats reached a deal Tuesday that its supporters hope will lead to House passage of the biggest environmental bill in decades, one aimed at slowing the gradual, …

• Cap-and-trade alternative sought

  April 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A growing number of lawmakers who are deeply involved in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming are beginning to question “cap-and-trade,” the current hot-button solution …

• Quelling global warming on science adviser’s plate

  April 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Tinkering with Earth’s climate to chill runaway global warming – a radical idea once dismissed out of hand – is being discussed by the White House as a … 1

• WSU professor mourns failed satellite

  April 1, 2009 in City on Page A5 What should have been among the most satisfying moments of George Mount’s career became one of the most disappointing as the project he and other climate researchers had worked on …

• WSU professor in ‘shock’ after satellite crash

  March 6, 2009 in City on Page A9 What should have been among the most satisfying moments of George Mount’s career became one of the most disappointing as the project he and other climate researchers had worked on …

• World in brief: Antarctic melt faster than thought

  February 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Antarctic glaciers are melting faster than previously thought, which could lead to an unprecedented rise in sea levels, scientists said today. A report by thousands of scientists for the 2007-2008 …

• Global warming bill struggles in Olympia

  February 18, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – A controversial “cap and trade” plan that would put Washington at the forefront of efforts to combat global warming has been dramatically watered down under pressure from businesses … 1

• Pace of warming may be understated

  February 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – The pace of global warming is likely to be much faster than recent predictions, because industrial greenhouse gas emissions have increased more quickly than expected and higher temperatures …

• Mark J. Perry: Cap and trade burdens consumers

  February 13, 2009 in Opinion on Page A15 FLINT, Mich. – At a time when proposals for higher taxes are politically unpopular, Congress is coming up with other strategies to raise the revenue at the expense of the …

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