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...according to a new study just published in Science, there may not be any mystery after all. By looking at the chemistry of fossilized foraminifera - tiny sea creatures no bigger than a grain of sand - a team led by Aradhna Tripati, of University of the California, Los Angeles, has detected a significant CO2 bump during both warming episodes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fossils Suggest an Ancient CO2-Climate Link | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

Tesla says it will use the loans to support two specific projects, including the U.S.-based production, engineering and assembly of the Model S, an all-electric family sedan. The Model S assembly plant will employ about 1,000 workers in Southern California. "We're already engineering the Model S, a seven-seater family sedan that will have a base price of $49,900 after a federal tax credit that will [over the longer term] cost the equivalent of a car that retails for $35,000, given the relatively expensive cost of gasoline vs. electricity," says Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Bets a Billion on New High-Tech Automakers | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Tesla plans to build a manufacturing facility, employing 650, in northern California that will build advanced power-train components for other automakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Bets a Billion on New High-Tech Automakers | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...Democrats would allow the matter to be voted upon because it would provide election fodder for opponents back home. That said, he still plans to try. "Some things are worth fighting for, and this is one of them," he tells TIME. (Read about the battle over gay rights beyond California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Weddings in Washington by Winter? | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Opponents of the bill in Washington, blocked at every turn, continue to loudly condemn the effort, saying the council is acting against the wishes of residents. As in California, much of that opposition has been organized through churches. A network of pastors at predominantly black churches have been vocal opponents, and over the summer, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl joined the fray, reminding hundreds of Catholic priests in the area of the church's opposition. However, Pastor Patrick J. Walker, chairman of a task force opposing same-sex marriage in the Missionary Baptist Ministers' Conference of D.C. and Vicinity, predicts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Weddings in Washington by Winter? | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

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