The federal government says that improved stocks show that catch limits are working,
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May 15
May 15
Green Blog: On Our Radar: Imagining Many More Gray Whales
A study of DNA in whale bones seems to indicate that far more whales once existed than previously thought.
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Green Blog: Willing to Pay (a Little) More for Clean Energy
A poll suggests consumers are willing to pay somewhat more for “clean” energy, but not if that definition wraps in nuclear power or natural gas.
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Green Blog: A Higher Price Tag for a Nuclear Project
Delays in approvals may increase the cost of building two reactors by $900 million, Southern says.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Rhino Poaching
A suspected rhino poacher is killed in a shootout in a South African preserve.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Lugar, the G.O.P. and Climate Change
The senator says the nation must address greenhouse gas emissions.
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Green Blog: Q&A: Toward a Greener Tour and a Green Guitar
The guitarist Adam Gardner talks about his campaign to persuade musicians to discourage illegal logging and to support the Lacey Act.
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Green Blog: Canada Is Slow to Act on Emissions, Audit Warns
The government has not undertaken the kinds of analyses that would be needed to reduce emissions sector by sector, the environment commissioner warns.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: New York’s Communal Bikes
Citibank is donating $41 million to the city’s sharing program, and each bike will be stamped with its corporate identity.
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Green Blog: When the Wind Whispers, Whose Name Does it Call?
Unlike coal-fired plants or hydroelectric dams, few wind farms are named after people.
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