Items by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Pre-Med’s New Priorities: Heart and Soul and Social Science
Posted: April 18th, 2012, 11:20am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Can the MCAT identify that ethereal mix of scientist, humanist and spiritualist that makes a good doctor?
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News Analysis: Hard Truths About Disclosure
Posted: January 21st, 2012, 7:30pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Disclosure has often become an endpoint in the chain of responsibility, an act of compliance with the letter of the law rather than the spirit of transparency.
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Questions About Organic Produce and Sustainability
Posted: December 31st, 2011, 1:49am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Even as more Americans buy foods labeled organic, the products are moving away from a traditional emphasis on local growing and limited environmental strain.
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Questions About Organic Produce and Sustainability
Posted: December 31st, 2011, 1:49am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Even as more Americans buy foods labeled organic, the products are moving away from a traditional emphasis on local growing and limited environmental strain.
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Questions About Organic Produce and Sustainability
Posted: December 31st, 2011, 1:49am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Even as more Americans buy foods labeled organic, the products are moving away from a traditional emphasis on local growing and limited environmental strain.
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Recycled Battery Lead Puts Mexicans in Danger
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 2:53pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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The used batteries Americans turn in for recycling are increasingly processed in Mexico, their lead often extracted by crude methods that are illegal in the United States.
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Recycled Battery Lead Puts Mexicans in Danger
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 2:53pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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The used batteries Americans turn in for recycling are increasingly processed in Mexico, their lead often extracted by crude methods that are illegal in the United States.
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U.S. and Europe Battle Over Carbon Fees for Airlines
Posted: July 28th, 2011, 3:00am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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By 2012, the price of a trans-Atlantic flight could be raised up to $57 to help pay for carbon permits.
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Air Carriers in U.S. Fight Europe’s Fees Over Carbons
Posted: July 27th, 2011, 10:49pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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By 2012, the price of a trans-Atlantic flight could be raised up to $57 to help pay for carbon permits.
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Answer for Invasive Species: Put It on a Plate and Eat It
Posted: July 10th, 2011, 9:37am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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While most invasive species are not popularly regarded as edible food, that is mostly a matter of marketing, experts say.
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U.S. Is Falling Behind in the Business of ‘Green’
Posted: June 9th, 2011, 1:20am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Strong incentives in European and Asian countries have given them the lead in clean energy technologies.
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News Analysis: Elusive Explanations for an E. Coli Outbreak
Posted: June 7th, 2011, 1:30am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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The German health authorities are struggling to identify the contaminated food behind the deadly E. coli outbreak.
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Another Side of Tilapia, the Perfect Factory Fish
Posted: May 2nd, 2011, 11:03am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Once obscure, tilapia is now Americans’ favorite farmed fish. But critics point to environmental and nutritional drawbacks.
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Radiation, Once Free, Can Follow Tricky Path
Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 5:34pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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How — and how fast — radioactive elements travel depends on many factors, including weather, soil and what they land on first.
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Heat Damages Colombia Coffee, Raising Prices
Posted: March 10th, 2011, 1:43am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Rising temperatures have contributed to a shortage of high-end Arabica coffee beans, as customers blink at escalating prices.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels: African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power
Posted: December 25th, 2010, 1:17am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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As small-scale renewable energy becomes cheaper and more reliable, it is providing the first drops of modern power to people far from electricity grids and fuel pipelines.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels: Africa’s Rural Poor Begin Harnessing the Sun
Posted: December 24th, 2010, 6:56pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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As small-scale renewable energy becomes cheaper and more reliable, it is providing the first drops of modern power to people far from electricity grids and fuel pipelines.
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Nations That Debate Coal Use Export It to Feed China’s Need
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 4:05pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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As developed countries limit the construction of coal-fired power plants, coal has found a rapidly growing market in China.
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Green: Should Nations Bankroll Coal Plants Overseas?
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 2:18pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Some argue that pension funds and banks that have guidelines for environmental sustainability should promote clean energy overseas, not coal plants.
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Importing Coal, China Burns It as Others Stop
Posted: November 21st, 2010, 8:40pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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As developed countries limit the construction of coal-fired power plants, coal has found a rapidly growing market in China.
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Importing Coal, China Burns It as Others Stop
Posted: November 21st, 2010, 8:20pm EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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As developed countries limit the construction of coal-fired power plants, coal has found a rapidly growing market in China.
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Money for Stoves, but the Other Pledges?
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 10:33am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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What happened to the $30 billion in fast-track financing that developed countries pledged for climate-change mitigation and adaptation?
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In the Fields of Italy, a Conflict Over Corn
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 5:09am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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An agronomist, defying the government, has planted genetically modified corn. Environmentalists have also taken matters into their own hands.
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In the Fields of Italy, a Conflict Over Corn
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 5:09am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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An agronomist, defying the government, has planted genetically modified corn. Environmentalists have also taken matters into their own hands.
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Portugal Makes the Leap to Renewable Energy
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 3:10am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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The country’s experience in converting to renewable power shows rapid progress is achievable, but also highlights the price.
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Portugal Makes the Leap to Renewable Energy
Posted: August 10th, 2010, 3:10am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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The country’s experience in converting to renewable power shows rapid progress is achievable, but also highlights the price.
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Might We Do as the Romans Do?
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 1:18pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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An Italian energy giant finds that raising the thermostat slightly results in big energy savings each summer.
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A Spill Afar: Should It Matter?
Posted: May 31st, 2010, 12:13pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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It is important to remember that the mammoth gulf spill, so extraordinary here, is not so unusual in some parts of the world.
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Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:05am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.
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Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:20am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.
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Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit and Environment
Posted: February 17th, 2010, 1:16am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Halving a container ship’s top speed cuts fuel consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Turtles Are Casualties of Warming in Costa Rica
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 1:30am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Global warming may deal the fatal blow to an animal that has dwelt in the Pacific for 150 million years.
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New Rules Lead Europe to Dump Trash Abroad
Posted: September 26th, 2009, 1:51pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Exporting waste illegally to poor countries is now a vast business, as companies try to reduce the costs of environmental laws.
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Disputed Solar Energy Project in California Desert Is Dropped
Posted: September 19th, 2009, 2:25am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Environmentalists succeeded in blocking a 5,130-acre solar power farm that would have risen in the Mojave Desert.
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Fears That Amazon Tribes Won’t Be Heard
Posted: July 24th, 2009, 9:13pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Researchers are worried about a possible wave of cultural extinction among tribes that have long relied on nature.
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By Degrees: Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 3:08am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Low-emission buses could greatly reduce heat-trapping gases produced in the developing world’s booming cities.
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In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 2:52am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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A young development in Vauban illustrates a trend of planning communities to thrive without automobiles.
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Global Update: Influenza: Deaths in Africa and Southeast Asia Add to Concerns Over Bird Flu
Posted: May 4th, 2009, 5:32pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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As the world was focusing on swine flu, deadly bird flu continues to spread.
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By Degrees: Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 2:43am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Reducing soot from tens of thousands of villages in developing countries is a relatively simple climate fix that scientists say should be pursued immediately.
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Students Give Up Wheels for Their Own Two Feet
Posted: March 27th, 2009, 11:19am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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To confront childhood obesity, traffic and car emissions, a city in Italy is encouraging its children to walk to school.
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Gulf Oil States Seeking a Lead in Clean Energy
Posted: January 13th, 2009, 8:10am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Well aware of the limits of oil, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are aggressively pouring billions of dollars into green technologies.
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Investment Funds Push an Environmental Agenda
Posted: November 28th, 2008, 12:24am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Investing with the idea of improving the environmental actions of corporations is catching on among some big pension funds.
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Economic Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy
Posted: November 25th, 2008, 12:29am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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A poor global economy and plunging prices for coal and oil are upending plans to curb the use of fossil fuels.
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China’s Milk Scandal Now Seen as Risk in Europe
Posted: September 27th, 2008, 7:10am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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European Union regulators set new testing requirements, fearing that tainted milk powder might be circulating.
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Fast Food Hits Mediterranean; a Diet Succumbs
Posted: September 24th, 2008, 2:14am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Associated with lower rates of heart disease and cancer, the Mediterranean diet is in retreat in its home region.
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Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV Vaccines
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 12:12pm EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Studies suggest that two vaccines against cervical cancer are being used without sufficient evidence that they are effective and worth their high cost.
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The Food Chain: Movable Feast Carries a Pollution Price Tag
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 8:36am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Never has food moved around the world at the speed or in the amounts it has over the last few years. Now, many say it is time to make shippers and shoppers pay for the resulting pollution.
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The Food Chain: Movable Feast Carries a Pollution Price Tag
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:29am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Never has food moved around the world at the speed or in the amounts it has over the last few years. Now, many say it is time to make shippers and shoppers pay for the resulting pollution.
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World Briefing | Europe: Heparin Is Recalled in 3 Countries
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 2:15am EDT by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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Denmark, France and Italy began recalling stores of the blood-thinning drug heparin and any ingredients used in it that had originated in China.