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Such a calamity could be self-inflicted. Many scientists believe that the current warming is related to the increased burning of fossil fuels, such as gasoline and coal, which overloads the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. That's why 160 countries signed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which requires industrial nations to reduce their greenhouse emissions to an average of 5.2% below 1990 levels between the years 2008 and 2012. But even that weak treaty remains controversial, and governments have made little progress toward implementing the pact. The U.S. Senate hasn't even considered ratifying it. Opponents seize...
KENTUCKY Gore's anticigarette and pro-environment stances hurt him in this tobacco and coal state. It led one Democratic Congressman to refuse to come to the convention in Los Angeles...
WEST VIRGINIA Despite a strong Democratic history, West Virginians are giving Bush an 8-point lead so far. The coal miners have not endorsed Gore, worried about his environmentalism...
...romanticism. Craters that dot the asteroid Eros include Cupid, Lolita and, somewhat oddly, Don Quixote. But some make no apparent sense at all. Craters on the asteroid Gaspra are named in honor of natural springs (Saratoga, Baden-Baden), and those on the dark asteroid Mathilde honor--no kidding--major coal seams, such as the Lorraine in France. Given this list of increasingly wacky categories, the IAU may want to consider one more honoree when it meets to ratify names three years from now: Alex Trebek, host of TV's Jeopardy! --By Michael D. Lemonick/New York
Julie Bargmann sees beauty in land littered with mine refuse and scarred by acid-laced waters. At an abandoned coal mine in Vitondale, Pa., she is creating what she has dubbed a "regenerative park" to capture the horror and the beauty of its industrial legacy. "New parks aren't all that different from the tradition of [Frederick Law] Olmsted parks," says Bargmann, 42, referring to the architect of New York City's Central Park. "Olmsted was actually constructing places that were part of urban life. Our culture is now one of postindustry. Parks need to express that aspect...