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...union of these two issues has not always been a harmonious one. The four-year wrangling over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a case in point. Despite ANWR’s limited oil reserves, many Republicans viewed drilling as a question of national security: a year of our own oil was better than buying it from the Saudis. Democrats and a few Republicans wanted to leave it untouched and support cleaner energies. A similar divide emerged in the 2005 Energy Bill. Trumpeting the legislation’s promise to reduce America’s oil dependency...
UNAVOIDABLE FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE by Arctic Monkeys; out April...
...Arctic Monkeys' second album--their debut was merely the best rock record of 2006--kicks off with a 30-sec. run of thundering drums and earth-quaking bass. Despite the fact that all four members are in their early 20s, this is not a band that lacks confidence, and the chief difference between their first two records is that this one is even louder and faster. D Is for Dangerous and Fluorescent Adolescent swagger by on ferocious guitar swells, but they also swing, with unpredictable pace shifts perfect for dancing and allowing singer Alex Turner to show...
...main reason has to do with the Arctic and Antarctic. As polar climates warm enough for trees to move in, the color of that part of the earth will change, as viewed from above. Green trees, which absorb more light, will replace whiter snow and ice, which reflect more rays back to space. Like a dark-colored car hood on a hot day, a dark-colored earth will warm. The group’s computer modeling experiments show that the localized warming due to the change in the earth’s surface reflectivity (called its “albedo?...
There is reason to be optimistic. Government regulations—unlike new Arctic forests—on carbon emissions would curb global warming. Restrictions on carbon dioxide pollution would, in turn, spur technological innovation and reward those who use energy more efficiently and help others to as well. The IPCC estimates that if we don’t address climate change, we’ll see worldwide losses of one percent to five percent GDP by the end of the century. Even modest economic investment now in cleaner technologies will yield enormous benefits for our children?...