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Monthly Archives: December 2011
A year for the ages? 2011 was remarkable, but maybe not truly historic
A year for the ages? 2011 was remarkable, but maybe not truly historic ( 0) Print This Every year brings changes, but some years really are turning points: 1492, 1789, 1914 and 1989, for example. Does 2011 belong in the … Continue reading
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John Buchanan, who helped transform the Portland Art Museum, dies of cancer at age 58
Fredrick D. Joe/The OregonianJohn Buchanan’s aggressive fundraising and bold style changed the Portland Art MuseumJohn Buchanan, the former executive director of the Portland Art Museum who helped propel the institution into contemporary prominence and who dramatically changed the fundraising climate … Continue reading
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Gingrich to Nix Chapter on Climate Change in Book
AP Dec. 31, 2011: Newt Gingrich campaigns at Tish’s Restaurant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Newt Gingrich says he’s going to nix a chapter on climate change in a forthcoming book after the Republican presidential candidate took some heat from conservatives. … Continue reading
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New Hampshire Scientists Urge Candidates to Accept Climate Change Reality
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — No less than 50 New Hampshire scientists, experts, and academics from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds have signed onto a letter urging all candidates for public office to accept the “overwhelming” evidence that climate change is … Continue reading
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Guest columnist: There’s a disconnect between public and pols on Social Security, Medicare
With just days before the Iowa caucus, Republican presidential candidates continue to try to draw political distinctions among themselves to break away from the pack and challenge emerging front-runners. However, there is almost complete unity on one issue that puts … Continue reading
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Himachal to have climate change centre
Environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, director general of The Energy and Resources Institute, will inaugurate the centre here in February, the statement quoting Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said. Dhumal said Pachauri would also speak on issues and challenges on climate change … Continue reading
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CLIMATE AND CREATION SPREADING THE GOSPEL Evangelical scientist helps confront global warming
CLIMATE AND CREATION SPREADING THE GOSPEL Evangelical scientist helps confront global warming LUBBOCK, Texas — When Katharine Hayhoe was faced with telling a group of petroleum engineers in the heart of the Texas oil patch that the main culprit for … Continue reading
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Wyoming drilling samples in Germany for global warming study
WORLAND, Wyo. — Drilling samples collected across the Bighorn Basin this summer have been shipped to Germany, where researchers will begin to study the rock, looking for clues surrounding one of the greatest earth warming cycles in the age of … Continue reading
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Maine’s Polar Bear Plunge raises money in name of global warming | The Republic
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s largest conservation advocacy organization is using the frosty ocean waters to raise money in the name of global warming. The Natural Resources Defense Council’s annual Polar Bear Plunge raises money to support the group’s work to … Continue reading
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Heubner’s gender case lacks merit
By Steve Leibfried Robin Huebner’s age and gender discrimination grievances against her employer, KVLY / KXJB-TV of Fargo, lack merit and should not be litigated. As a veteran news reporter, Huebner should have seen changes coming even before the local … Continue reading
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