Tag: environment

If greenhouse emissions continue their steady escalation, temperatures across most of the earth will rise to levels with no recorded precedent by the middle of

http://nyti.ms/16LFH07 Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on people. Seeing right through them. These metaphors for condescending or dismissive behavior

http://nyti.ms/1fbwJeY DAYTON, Ohio — Fighting back from the ravages of industrial decline, this city adopted a novel plan two years ago to revive its economy

http://nyti.ms/16LwxRg WASHINGTON — Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a hard-core leader of House conservatives who helped force a government shutdown in a fight over the

http://nyti.ms/19W4IRf A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and

http://nyti.ms/16FmVrh WASHINGTON — They have had their fleeting moments on cable television. Their closed-door run-ins with Speaker John A. Boehner spill occasionally into the pages

http://nyti.ms/1b9zzNo In Fragmented Forests, Rapid Mammal Extinctions An isolated forest in the Chiew Larn reservoir. A Thai government project to supply hydroelectric power to the

http://nyti.ms/1apTt5M Video | Timeline of the Kenya Mall Shooting A day-to-day look at the events that have occurred since Saturday’s deadly shooting and hostage situation at

http://nyti.ms/1dFaGtU A Washington Mutual branch in 2008 in New York. JPMorgan Chase bought Washington Mutual during the financial crisis, inheriting its mortgage problems. JOSH HANER/THE NEW