A $750,000 National Science Foundation grant will help University of New Hampshire researchers examine how climate affects road and bridge construction.

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By John Flesher Associated Press Traverse City, Mich. — Some of the Great Lakes’ treasured national parks are showing ill effects of climate change that likely are to worsen in coming decades, from shoreline erosion to decline of certain wildlife ...

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By JENNIFER LOVEN and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Writers COPENHAGEN (AP) — President Barack Obama said the United States and four other countries, including China, reached a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough” Friday on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions ...

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By Dina Cappiello AP Writer Washington — More Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy than say such measures will hurt it. It’s a sign the public is showing more faith in President ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle has a full slate while in Copenhagen this week for the United Nations climate talks. Doyle’s scheduled to spend five days at the talks beginning Monday. He’s scheduled to speak at an ...

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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer COPENHAGEN (AP) — As police cracked down on climate protesters, church bells tolled 350 times Sunday to impress on the U.N. global warming conference a number that is gaining a following, but is also ...

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By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators on Friday offered yet another approach to tackling climate change, proposing the government sell pollution allowances to industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions and then use most of ...

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By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writers COPENHAGEN (AP) — The United States for the first time outlined a dual path toward cutting greenhouse gases that would involve both President Barack Obama’s administration and the U.S. Congress to reduce greenhouse emissions. ...

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By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special Correspondent COPENHAGEN (AP) — This decade is very likely to be the warmest since record keeping began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday ...

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By DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. The announcement ...

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