Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says the collapse of the climate change and energy bill he floated with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in 2010 is a lesson in why the United States...
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White House: Keystone approval mandate 'noxious' to highway bill's future
White House press secretary Jay Carney said Friday that mandating approval of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline was "noxious" to the future of a new...
Africa sitting on sea of groundwater reserves
LONDON (Reuters) - Huge reserves of underground water in some of the driest parts of Africa could provide a buffer against the effects of climate change for years to come,...
Senate hearing focuses on threat of sea level rise
Sea level rise poses an increasingly grave threat to coastal energy facilities and communities during the course of the next several decades, with some impacts already...
China's Wen in Iceland, eyes on Arctic riches
REYKJAVIK, April 20 (Reuters) - China's premier Wen Jiabao landed in Iceland on Friday to begin a tour of northern Europe that will focus on Chinese investment in a...
India struggles to dig up enough fuel to power growth
NELLORE, India — India has long struggled to provide enough electricity to light its homes and power its industry around the clock. In recent years, the government and...
Water bills to creep up, debt rise as supplies shrink
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The Bellagio fountains, one of the most iconic of the Las Vegas water-based attractions, is said to contain 22 million gallons of water. It may look...
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