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In Brady, Tex., a vote to approve the purchase of smart meters played a large role in the recall of the city’s mayor and the electoral defeat of two council members.    
Mr. Farman’s single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic led to one of the most important environmental discoveries of the 20th century.    
Beach nourishment projects will restore shorelines but require expensive upkeep and affect ecosystems; federal taxpayers will foot the bill.    
Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.    
A flurry of discussion about public misperception of climate scientists’ views misses another science perception gap.    
Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rain forests and peatlands, an official said Thursday.    
The wall will go up internationally and in a half-dozen states to gauge the reaction. However, the core Washington readership will see no change.    
The loss of tropical rain forests is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects for countries whose economies depend on them.    
A fresh look at studies finding a less potent warming from the continuing buildup of greenhouse gases.    
A new institute, financed by the insurance industry, not only believes in global warming but also supports a carbon tax to combat it.    


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