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headline[0] = "Teenage wasteland";
    date[0] = "2006.10.3";
 content[0] = "Point yourself at downtown Durham on Main Street, take a right at the light onto Buchanan, and make your first left into the parking lot of a red brick warehouse. It's a building that might be interesting somewhere else; here it's nondescript among the other relics of the town's tobacco years. This is the Duke Recycles warehouse. This is where college goes to die.";
  issues[0] = "sust rw";
    zone[0] = "campus";
  source[0] = "The Chronicle"
    link[0] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/10/03/Columns/Teenage.Wasteland-2328210.shtml?norewrite200612122239&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[1] = "Alum invents solar trash compactor";
    date[1] = "2006.10.4";
 content[1] = "Jim Poss, Trinity '96, always wanted to be an inventor. Since graduating, Poss has realized that dream several times over, most recently inventing a trash compactor called the BigBelly. Poss founded Seahorse Power Co. in 2003 to produce and market the compactor, and it is not sweeping major cities nationwide.";
  issues[1] = "energy rw";
    zone[1] = "campus";
  source[1] = "The Chronicle";
    link[1] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/10/04/News/Alum-Invents.Solar.Trash.Compactor-2330801.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com";

headline[2] = "75 years of Duke Forest";
    date[2] = "2006.10.6";
 content[2] = "The forest has served as a valuable research and community resource for three-quarters of a century.";
  issues[2] = "lm";
    zone[2] = "campus";
  source[2] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[2] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/10/dukeforest.html";

headline[3] = "Earth Jam aims to boost Nich school numbers";
    date[3] = "2006.10.18";
 content[3] = "With giant walking puppets, loud music and free dessert, the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Science's Earth Jam felt more like a fair than an attempt to recruit students.";
  issues[3] = "sust";
    zone[3] = "campus";
  source[3] = "The Chronicle";
    link[3] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/10/18/News/Earth.Jam.Aims.To.Boost.Nich.School.Numbers-2374311.shtml?norewrite200612122205&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[4] = "Prez of Shell speaks on alternative energy";
    date[4] = "2006.10.20";
 content[4] = "John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Company, spoke at Duke Thursday afternoon about Shell's plans to combat the current energy crisis and fulfill the United States'future energy demands.";
  issues[4] = "energy cc";
    zone[4] = "campus";
  source[4] = "The Chronicle";
    link[4] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/10/20/News/Prez-Of.Shell.Speaks.On.Alternative.Energy-2379811.shtml?norewrite200612122234&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[5] = "Home Depot gives Pratt $2M for Smarthome";
    date[5] = "2006.10.27";
 content[5] = "Students who will live in The Home Depot SmartHome will get to enjoy more advanced technologies than microwaves and mini-refrigerators. The dorm will incorporate technologies developed by Duke students to create a residential space that combines energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and entertainment.";
  issues[5] = "energy sust";
    zone[5] = "campus";
  source[5] = "The Chronicle";
    link[5] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/10/27/News/Home-Depot.Gives.Pratt.2m.For.Smarthome-2406755.shtml?norewrite200612122150&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[6] = "Saving energy costs for Durham families";
    date[6] = "2006.11.20";
 content[6] = "Duke students have joined the cause of reducing home energy use in Durham through the new \"Share the Light\" program. Earlier this week, three Duke seniors delivered packages of energy-saving lightbulbs to the Durham County Department of Social Services for free distribution to their clients.";
  issues[6] = "energy ej sust";
    zone[6] = "local";
  source[6] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[6] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/11/energy.html";

headline[7] = "Nich school launches D.C. office";
    date[7] = "2006.11.27";
 content[7] = "With the help of Senator John McCain, R-Ariz, and other prominent environmental policy advocates, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions debuted its Washington, D.C., office Nov. 16.";
  issues[7] = "sust";
    zone[7] = "national";
  source[7] = "The Chronicle";
    link[7] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/11/27/News/Nich-School.Launches.D.c.Office-2508206.shtml?norewrite200612122313&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[8] = "Environment dean to become director of Institute of Ecosystem Studies";
    date[8] = "2006.11.27";
 content[8] = "William H. Schlesinger will step down as Nicholas dean on June 1, 2007 and assume his new duties in Millbrook, N.Y.";
  issues[8] = "ww sust";
    zone[8] = "national";
  source[8] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[8] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/11/schlesinger.html";

headline[9] = "Nich Institute hires N.C. water manager";
    date[9] = "2006.11.30";
 content[9] = "The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions will be welcoming the outgoing executive director of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund as a visiting scholar next month.";
  issues[9] = "aw sust";
    zone[9] = "campus";
  source[9] = "The Chronicle";
    link[9] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/11/30/News/Nich-Institute.Hires.N.c.Water.Manager-2515092.shtml?norewrite200612122309&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[10] = "Mogul Turner speaks on environment, U.N.";
    date[10] = "2006.12.5";
 content[10] = "Media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner spoke Monday about issues ranging from the United Nations to his private bison herd in a lighthearted atmosphere at the Fuqua School of Business.";
  issues[10] = "sust";
    zone[10] = "campus";
  source[10] = "The Chronicle";
    link[10] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/12/05/News/Mogul.Turner.Speaks.On.Environment.U.n-2522530.shtml?norewrite200612122157&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[11] = "Initiative urges battery, cell phone recycling";
    date[11] = "2006.12.7";
 content[11] = "The Environmental Programs Division of the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office is expanding its initiative to encourage students to recycle old cell phones and batteries by increasing the number of recycling containers on campus.";
  issues[11] = "rw";
    zone[11] = "campus";
  source[11] = "The Chronicle";
    link[11] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/12/07/News/Initiative.Urges.Battery.Cell.Phone.Recycling-2527612.shtml?norewrite200612122136&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com";

headline[12] = "Duke, Cambridge, climate group launch \"climate academy\" for business executives";
    date[12] = "2006.12.7";
 content[12] = "Two universities and an international non-profit are launching a program to educate business executives on how to seize the business advantage inherent in addressing global climate change. The academy is designed to provide participants with a vision for how to succeed in a world moving toward a low-carbon economy.";
  issues[12] = "cc";
    zone[12] = "campus";
  source[12] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[12] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/12/climate_academy.html";

headline[13] = "Duke hires new green purchasing and supplier diversity coordinator";
    date[13] = "2006.12.13";
 content[13] = "Duke's Procurement Department has recently hired Mary Buhl Crawford to spearhead their efforts to move towards more sustainable and responsible business practices across the university and health system. Crawford's duel role will focus both on aligning the procurement of goods and services with environmentally sustainable principles as well as the incorporation of historically underutilized business segments (including minority- and woman-owned companies) into campus purchasing.";
  issues[13] = "sust";
    zone[13] = "campus";
  source[13] = "Sustainability @ Duke";
    link[13] = "http://www.duke.edu/sustainability/2006-12-13Mary.html";

headline[14] = "A little of this, a little of that";
    date[14] = "2006.12.19";
 content[14] = "The GOP-controlled 109th Congress went out with a bang--that of drills hitting sea bottom. In the waning hours of the final legislative session earlier this month, Republican leaders pushed through a provision to open up 8.3 million acres on the outer continental shelf of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas development. But, perhaps trying to avoid fossil-fuel deposits in their stockings, members of Congress also extended a number of tax incentives for renewable energy.";
  issues[14] = "energy";
    zone[14] = "national";
  source[14] = "Grist";
    link[14] = "http://grist.org/news/muck/2006/12/19/109th/?source=weekly";

headline[15] = "That was the year that was";
    date[15] = "2006.12.22";
 content[15] = "A look at the top news stories of 2006...";
  issues[15] = "sust";
    zone[15] = "global";
  source[15] = "Grist";
    link[15] = "http://grist.org/news/maindish/2006/12/22/top10/?source=weekly";

headline[16] = "University rolls out bicycle program";
    date[16] = "2007.8.27";
 content[16] = "Duke Bikes, a new initiative to promote health and community, is now peddling bicycles below the West Campus Plaza in hopes that students might ride to class instead of drive.";
  issues[16] = "sust";
    zone[16] = "campus";
  source[16] = "The Chronicle";
    link[16] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/08/27/News/University.Rolls.Out.Bicycle.Program-2938360.shtml?reffeature=textemailedition";

headline[17] = "Scholar details social justice, environment";
    date[17] = "2007.3.01";
 content[17] = "More than 75 students and faculty members heard about ways in which racism and the environment are connected during the annual Samuel DuBois Cook Society lecture Wednesday.";
  issues[17] = "ej rw";
    zone[17] = "campus";
  source[17] = "The Chronicle";
    link[17] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/03/01/News/Scholar.Details.Social.Justice.Environment-2751527.shtml";

headline[18] = "Duke Forest thrives as research site, 'live laboratory'";
    date[18] = "2007.1.26";
 content[18] = "Though thousands of visitors flock to the Duke Forest every year, students comprise a relatively small fraction of yearly visits to the 7,050-acre site.";
  issues[18] = "lm ww aw";
    zone[18] = "campus";
  source[18] = "The Chronicle";
    link[18] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/01/26/News/Duke-Forest.Thrives.As.Research.Site.live.Laboratory-2680364.shtml";

headline[19] = "Edens' AC shut down by mold";
    date[19] = "2006.9.07";
 content[19] = "Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, sent an e-mail Tuesday in which he informed residents of Edens 3A and 3B that their air conditioning will be turned off, and remain off, in response to a mold contamination discovered Aug. 24.";
  issues[19] = "aw";
    zone[19] = "campus";
  source[19] = "The Chronicle";
    link[19] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/07/News/Edens.Ac.Shut.Down.By.Mold-2261039.shtml";

headline[20] = "Save the planet, save the world";
    date[20] = "2007.3.21";
 content[20] = "With yet another Spring Break gone, Duke students are once more left to wonder where the time went. For many if not most of us, one place it didn't go was to performing volunteer work in the environmental field, even in a time when such work is desperately needed.";
  issues[20] = "sust";
    zone[20] = "campus";
  source[20] = "The Chronicle";
    link[20] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/03/21/Columns/Save-The.Planet.Save.The.World-2784222.shtml";

headline[21] = "Environmental test puts Duke in top 26";
    date[21] = "2007.1.26";
 content[75] = "Although there isn't much green adorning the Gothic Wonderland this time of year, a report released Wednesday puts Duke in a distinctly \"green\" light.";
  issues[21] = "sust";
    zone[21] = "campus";
  source[21] = "The Chronicle";
    link[21] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/01/26/News/Environmental.Test.Puts.Duke.In.Top.26-2680359.shtml";

headline[22] = "Researcher helps revive Iraq marshes";
    date[22] = "2006.9.05";
 content[22] = "When Saddam Hussein drained the Iraq marshes in order to punish the Marsh Arabs for post-Persian Gulf War uprisings, he also inflicted serious damage on the country's wetlands.";
  issues[22] = "aw ej";
    zone[22] = "campus";
  source[22] = "The Chronicle";
    link[22] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/05/News/Researcher.Helps.Revive.Iraq.Marshes-2256916.shtml";

headline[23] = "Nicholas School dean to step down";
    date[23] = "2006.11.28";
 content[23] = "The dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences will be stepping down June 1, 2007, administrators announced Monday.";
  issues[23] = "sust";
    zone[23] = "campus";
  source[23] = "The Chronicle";
    link[23] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/11/28/News/Nicholas.School.Dean.To.Step.Down-2510055.shtml";

headline[24] = "New Ocean Center opens at Beaufort";
    date[24] = "2006.9.06";
 content[24] = "The long-overdue Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C.--which has been in the planning stages since the early 1990s--opened its doors to students Monday.";
  issues[24] = "aw sust";
    zone[24] = "campus";
  source[24] = "The Chronicle";
    link[24] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/06/News/New-Ocean.Center.Opens.At.Beaufort-2258832.shtml";

headline[25] = "Greenbridge, a visionary project in Chapel Hill, promises to be the state's greenest building";
    date[25] = "2007.3.14";
 content[25] = "Once built, Greenbridge will be poised to become the first development in North Carolina to receive gold certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard, a voluntary national program for energy-efficient, environmentally conscious architecture.";
  issues[25] = "sust";
    zone[25] = "local";
  source[25] = "The Independent";
    link[25] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46360";

headline[26] = "Alamance farmers snag national award";
    date[26] = "2006.8.30";
 content[26] = "The lettuce is gone, and its quarter-acre plot now covered with grass is about the only thing on Alex and Betsy Hitt's Peregrine Farms that looks even remotely unproductive.";
  issues[26] = "ff sust";
    zone[26] = "local";
  source[26] = "The Independent";
    link[26] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A36062";

headline[27] = "9 ways YOU can achieve energy independence!";
    date[27] = "2006.7.05";
 content[27] = "News on the climate and energy front continues to be bad--top scientists with impeccable credentials say human activity is causing a warming trend that will end 5,000 years of climatic stability, resulting in melting icecaps, rising oceans, and the deaths of millions of species and hundreds of thousands of people. Sheesh. What can anyone do?";
  issues[27] = "energy";
    zone[27] = "local";
  source[27] = "The Independent";
    link[27] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A33795";

headline[28] = "Pedicabs in Chapel Hill/Carrboro offer alternative transportation--and a view of humanity";
    date[28] = "2006.12.06";
 content[28] = "It was an unseasonably warm November Saturday night in Chapel Hill, and this was one of the motivating phrases knocking around my head as I tooled up and down Franklin Street driving a pedicab.";
  issues[28] = "sust";
    zone[28] = "local";
  source[28] = "The Independent";
    link[28] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A41141";

headline[29] = "Fear factor";
    date[29] = "2007.2.07";
 content[29] = "Imagine there's a man who's lived in your community 30 years and has been a plumber, farmer, teacher, father, husband and homebuilder.";
  issues[29] = "sust";
    zone[29] = "local";
  source[29] = "The Independent";
    link[29] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43984";

headline[30] = "Regional transit moves ahead--to square one";
    date[30] = "2007.3.21";
 content[30] = "So now, we begin again. Six months after the TTA rail project fell, was postponed, or got put in cold storage with Ted Williams' brain, the effort to plan a future for the Triangle region that includes rapid transit and sidesteps the roadway-gridlock alternative is finally at hand. Good luck to it.";
  issues[30] = "sust";
    zone[30] = "local";
  source[30] = "The Independent";
    link[30] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46884";

headline[31] = "Bills, bulbs and power plants";
    date[31] = "2007.3.21";
 content[31] = "\"There's gotta be a better way to do this,\" sighed a bored state Rep. Doug Yongue, glancing at his watch.";
  issues[31] = "energy";
    zone[31] = "local";
  source[31] = "The Independent";
    link[31] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46873";

headline[32] = "Healthy boating etiquette";
    date[32] = "2007.3.21";
 content[32] = "Before heading to area lakes, reservoirs of the Atlantic, consider the environmental impact your craft will have on the water and the critters living in it.";
  issues[32] = "aw sust ww";
    zone[32] = "local";
  source[32] = "The Independent";
    link[32] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46881";

headline[33] = "Brightleaf at the Park sculpts a niche in the suburbs";
    date[33] = "2007.3.14";
 content[33] = "Developers are cashing in by building neighborhoods that cater to the Triangle's influx of educated professionals. Many of these developments, however, are aesthetically challenged—the term McMansion says it all.";
  issues[33] = "sust lm";
    zone[33] = "local";
  source[33] = "The Independent";
    link[33] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46362";

headline[34] = "Tyrone Hayes";
    date[34] = "2007.3.14";
 content[34] = "When agribusiness giant Sygenta commissioned biologist Tyrone Hayes to study the effects of atrazine, it got more than it bargained for.";
  issues[34] = "aw ff ww ej";
    zone[34] = "local";
  source[34] = "The Independent";
    link[34] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46352";

headline[35] = "Utilities commission appointment spotlights potential for conflicts";
    date[35] = "2007.2.28";
 content[35] = "Gov. Mike Easley's controversial appointment to the state Utilities Commission raises questions about the objectivity of a group charged with regulating energy, telecommunications and water companies.";
  issues[35] = "aw energy";
    zone[35] = "local";
  source[35]= "The Independent";
    link[35] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A45200";

headline[36] = "Clock ticking on Cliffside decision";
    date[36] = "2007.2.28";
 content[36] = "The N.C. Utilities Commission will decide Feb. 28 whether to green-light Duke's proposed Cliffside project, two 800-megawatt coal-fired plants near Charlotte.";
  issues[36] = "aw energy";
    zone[36] = "local";
  source[36] = "The Independent";
    link[36] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A45198";

headline[37] = "Safe paint";
    date[37] = "2007.3.14";
 content[37] = "That vertigo you feel while painting the living room might not be from the tall ladder. Most commercial paints emit harmful fumes containing volatile organic compounds, also known as VOCs, many of which, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, cause cancer.";  
  issues[37] = "sust";
    zone[37] = "national";
  source[37] = "The Independent";
    link[37] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46337";

headline[38] = "Learning to be greener";
    date[38] = "2007.3.07";
 content[38] = "If you're a sustainable energy wonk, then this is your week.";    
  issues[38] = "energy";
    zone[38] = "local";
  source[38] = "The Independent";
    link[38] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A46031";

headline[39] = "Redouble your recycling effort";
    date[39] = "2007.2.28";
 content[39] = "In 2005, the United States generated 246 million tons of trash, and of that, 79 million tons was recycled, but hold your applause...";
  issues[39] = "rw";
    zone[39] = "national";
  source[39] = "The Independent";
    link[39] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A45196";

headline[40] = "Developing a laptop for the children of the developing world";
    date[40] = "2007.2.21";
 content[40] = "In the conference room at the Raleigh headquarters of Red Hat, approximately 80 members of the Triangle Linux Users Group crowd around a small laptop computer.";
  issues[40] = "ej sust";
    zone[40] = "global";
  source[40] = "The Independent";
    link[40] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A44738";

headline[41] = "More hogs, more pollution";
    date[41] = "2007.2.21";
 content[41] = "Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel could slaughter up to 9 million hogs a year--12 percent more than now allowed--under a draft wastewater permit proposed this month by the N.C. Department of Environmental and Natural Resources.";
  issues[41] = "aw ff";
    zone[41] = "local";
  source[41] = "The Independent";
    link[41] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A44712";

headline[42] = "Eno puzzler";
    date[42] = "2007.1.31";
 content[42] = "As the Eno River Association celebrates its 40th anniversary this week with a sold-out gala, a new generation of leaders faces new challenges.";
  issues[42] = "aw ww lm ff";
    zone[42] = "local";
  source[42] = "The Independent";
    link[42] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43623";

headline[43] = "First rush of bills tackle tricky issues";
    date[43] = "2007.1.31";
 content[43] = "While state lawmakers won't get down to the real nitty-gritty until committee appointments are finalized in early to mid-February, a cavalcade of bills was introduced in the House and Senate this week.";
  issues[43] = "energy";
    zone[43] = "local";
  source[43] = "The Independent";
    link[43] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43597";

headline[44] = "The illness: oil addiction";
    date[44] = "2007.1.24";
 content[44] = "Flip the light switch. Boot the computer. Crank the thermostat.";
  issues[44] = "energy cc";
    zone[44] = "local";
  source[44] = "The Independent";
    link[44] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43167";

headline[45] = "A good kind of government pork";
    date[45] = "2007.1.24";
 content[45] = "The N.C. Choices program is hoping to encourage local food production and sales by working with both farmers and consumers.";
  issues[45] = "ff";
    zone[45] = "local";
  source[45] = "The Independent";
    link[45] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43176";

headline[46] = "Long and winding road";
    date[46] = "2007.1.17";
 content[46] = "The messy history of the Blue Ridge Parkway--an Appalachian treasure.";
  issues[46] = "lm ej";
    zone[46] = "local";
  source[46] = "The Independent";
    link[46] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A42832";

headline[47] = "Global warming and the Outer Banks";
    date[47] = "2007.1.3";
 content[47] = "Unless North Carolinians take action soon to curb global warming pollution, we face the possibility of having these gems stolen from us by seas that scientists warn could rise as much as 43 inches by 2100.";
  issues[47] = "cc aw";
    zone[47] = "local";
  source[47] = "The Independent";
    link[47] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A42147";

headline[48] = "Incinerator likely for Ward PCB site in Wake";
    date[48] = "2006.12.27";
 content[48] = "For more than 30 years, Ward Transformer, a Superfund site on 11 acres near Interstate 540 and the Raleigh-Durham Airport, has bled PCBs into dirt and ditch, woods and stream.";
  issues[48] = "aw rw lm";
    zone[48] = "local";
  source[48] = "The Independent";
    link[48] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A41805";

headline[49] = "Study: N.C. can thrive on renewable energy";
    date[49] = "2006.12.20";
 content[49] = "If North Carolina generated just 10 percent of its power from renewable energy sources and used energy more efficiently, it could reduce greenhouse gases, create jobs and generate additional property tax revenue--with no significant rate hikes to customers.";
  issues[49] = "energy cc";
    zone[49] = "local";
  source[49] = "The Independent";
    link[49] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A41688";

headline[50] = "State regulators set standards for renewable energy sources";
    date[50] = "2006.12.6";
 content[50] = "You have to appreciate the serendipity: On the heels of Duke Energy's announcement that it will cost $3 billion--not $2 billion, as originally projected--to build its two proposed coal-fired power plants, the state is unveiling its renewable energy study.";
  issues[50] = "energy cc";
    zone[50] = "local";
  source[50] = "The Independent";
    link[50] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A41148";

headline[51] = "Abandoned mobile homes plague North Carolina";
    date[51] = "2006.12.6";
 content[51] = "The abandoned trailers on Lots 166 and 167 at Stony Brook North Mobile Home Park in Raleigh sit as still as empty locust shells.";
  issues[51] = "rw lm ej";
    zone[51] = "local";
  source[51] = "The Independent";
    link[51] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A41147";

headline[52] = "Taxing trees";
    date[52] = "2006.11.22";
 content[52] = "Opening up the tax code to revision is less like getting under the hood than it is opening Pandora's Box, but occasionally, bravely, legislators have to pop open the lid on that sucker to fix something gone awry.";
  issues[52] = "lm cc ff";
    zone[52] = "local";
  source[52] = "The Independent";
    link[52] = "http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A40493";

headline[53] = "More carbon dioxide may help some trees weather ice storms";
    date[53] = "2006.8.15";
 content[53] = "Scientists were surprised by a 2002 ice storm's effects on a growing forest where mid-21st century atmospheric conditions are being simulated.";
  issues[53] = "ww cc";
    zone[53] = "campus";
  source[53] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[53] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/08/icepine.html";

headline[54] = "Nicholas School dean William Schlesinger named a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America";
    date[54] = "2006.8.22";
 content[54] = "William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry at Duke University, has been elected a 2006 Fellow of the 6,000-member Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).";
  issues[54] = "sust lm";
    zone[54] = "campus";
  source[54] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[54] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-schlesingersoilscience.html";

headline[55] = "Author Michael Grunwald to read from 'The Swamp,'his critically acclaimed history of the Everglades, on Sept. 28";
    date[55] = "2006.9.14";
 content[55] = "Michael Grunwald, award-winning environmental reporter at the Washington Post, will read from his critically acclaimed 2006 book, <i>The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise</i>, on Sept. 28 at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University.";
  issues[55] = "ww aw";
    zone[55] = "campus";
  source[55] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[55] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-grunwald.html";

headline[56] = "Health effects of radon in North Carolina groundwaters to be examined at Nicholas School workshop on Oct. 4";
    date[56] = "2006.9.15";
 content[56] = "Local and national experts will gather at Duke University on Oct. 4 for a one-day workshop to examine the health risks posed by radon accumulation in private wells and other groundwater supplies in North Carolina."; 
  issues[56] = "aw";
    zone[56] = "campus";
  source[56] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[56] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-radon.html";

headline[57] = "Al Gore's pollution tax proposal makes sense, says Duke expert";
    date[57] = "2006.9.20";
 content[57] = "Former Vice President Al Gore's proposal to replace payroll taxes with a tax on pollution, including carbon dioxide, to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb global warming \"is a welcome idea that deserves to be taken seriously,\" says William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry at Duke University."; 
  issues[57] = "cc aw";
    zone[57] = "campus";
  source[57] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[57] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/09/goretip.html";

headline[58] = "Report challenges common ecological assumption about species abundance";
    date[58] = "2006.10.03";
 content[58] = "A new report finds little empirical evidence to support a widely held ecological assumption that species are most abundant near the centers of their geographic ranges and decline in abundance near the ranges' edges."; 
  issues[58] = "ww";
    zone[58] = "campus";
  source[58] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[58] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/10/speciesreport.html";

headline[59] = "Nicholas School scientist receives $425,000 NSF grant to study global soil change";
    date[59] = "2006.10.13";
 content[59] = "Daniel D. Richter Jr., professor of soils and forest ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, has received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to create the world’s first international network for the long-term study of global soil change.";
  issues[59] = "lm";
    zone[59] = "campus";
  source[59] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[59] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-soilgrant.html";

headline[60] = "Meet the new faculty--Cindy Van Dover: Marine Lab director";
    date[60] = "2006.10.26";
 content[60] = "Named director in August, Van Dover aims to lead the Marine Lab–-part of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences--to world-class status in marine and conservation science and policy.";
  issues[60] = "aw";
    zone[60] = "campus";
  source[60] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[60] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/10/vandover.html";

headline[61] = "Historian of the U.S. Forest Service to speak at Duke on Nov. 9";
    date[61] = "2006.10.27";
 content[61] = "Char Miller, one of the nation’s leading experts on the politics and history of federal land management, will discuss, \"Will the U.S. Forest Service Celebrate a Bicentennial?\" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Duke University.";
  issues[61] = "lm ww";
    zone[61] = "campus";
  source[61] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[61] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-foresthistorian06.html";

headline[62] = "British report on climate change should 'help refocus' U.S. policy";
    date[62] = "2006.10.30";
 content[62] = "The Stern Review, a new, 700-page report by the British government on the economic consequences of climate change, should help refocus our own national debate on global warming, says a Duke University environmental policy expert.";
  issues[62] = "cc";
    zone[62] = "campus";
  source[62] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[62] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/10/profeta_tip.html";

headline[63] = "McCain, corporate leader to discuss post-election priorities for energy, environment, and economy";
    date[63] = "2006.11.07";
 content[63] = "The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University will launch its new office in Washington, D.C., with a luncheon and public discussion on \"Post-Election Priorities for Energy, the Environment and the Economy.\" The event will be from noon to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Mellon Auditorium at 1301 Constitution Ave. NW. The featured speakers are U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and utility executive Jeffry Sterba, chair and chief executive officer of PNM Resources and incoming chair of Edison Electric Institute.";
  issues[63] = "energy sust";
    zone[63] = "campus";
  source[63] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[63] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/11/dclaunch.html";

headline[64] = "Duke Marine Lab to dedicate Ocean Conservation Center Nov. 11";
    date[64] = "2006.11.08";
 content[64] = "The Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University will dedicate its new 5,600-square-foot Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Duke Marine Laboratory campus in Beaufort, N.C.";
  issues[64] = "aw sust";
    zone[64] = "campus";
  source[64] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[64] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/11/Marine_lab.html";

headline[65] = "New fund will speed technology transfer of marine conservation tools";
    date[65] = "2006.11.08";
 content[65] = "The Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University has been chosen to spearhead a national pilot program designed to get emerging technologies for marine and coastal management into the field more quickly.";
  issues[65] = "aw";
    zone[65] = "campus";
  source[65] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[65] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2006/11/marinefund.html";

headline[66] = "Jonathan Wiener elected to lead society for risk analysis";
    date[66] = "2006.12.11";
 content[66] = "Jonathan B. Wiener, Perkins Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy Studies at Duke University, has been elected the next president of the international Society for Risk Analysis (SRA).";
  issues[66] = "sust";
    zone[66] = "campus";
  source[66] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[66] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-wienerrisk.html";

headline[67] = "Duke ecologist named recipient of 2007 Proctor Prize from Sigma XI";
    date[67] = "2007.1.11";
 content[67] = "Stuart L. Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Biology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, has been named the recipient of the 2007 William Proctor Prize for Scientific Achievement from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.";
  issues[67] = "sust";
    zone[67] = "campus";
  source[67] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[67] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pimmsigmaxi.html";

headline[68] = "Climate-change legislation gaining momentum, Duke expert says";
    date[68] = "2007.1.18";
 content[68] = "Prospects for climate-change legislation are gaining momentum in Washington D.C., but \"what lies ahead is the hard work of designing the carbon market in a way that is both environmentally and economically viable,\" a Duke University environmental policy expert says.";
  issues[68] = "cc";
    zone[68] = "campus";
  source[68] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[68] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/profeta_tip.html";

headline[69] = "Doubling vehicle fuel efficiency could cut carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent, Duke scientists say";
    date[69] = "2007.1.23";
 content[69] = "In his State of the Union address tonight, President George W. Bush is expected to call for Americans to slash gasoline consumption by up to 20 percent by 2017. In 2004, Robert Jackson and William Schlesinger of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences examined the impact that doubling the fuel efficiencies of cars and light trucks would have on reducing net U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide has been implicated in global warming because it can trap heat in the atmosphere much like a greenhouse.";
  issues[69] = "cc";
    zone[69] = "campus";
  source[69] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[69] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/reduce_emissions.html";

headline[70] = "Book assails unrealistic mathematical models";
    date[70] = "2007.1.25";
 content[70] = "Using equations to forecast the specific behavior of complex natural processes such as beach erosion and long-term nuclear waste storage creates a false sense of security, according to a new book by a retired Duke University geologist and his geologist daughter.";
  issues[70] = "sust";
    zone[70] = "campus";
  source[70] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[70] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/pilkmodel.html";

headline[71] = "New report presents strongest evidence yet of human link to global warming, Duke expert says";
    date[71] = "2007.2.02";
 content[71] = "Evidence presented in the first phase of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 4th Assessment Report, released today in Paris, paints the clearest picture yet that human-derived greenhouse gases are playing a significant role in observed global warming, says a Duke University scientist who co-authored one of the report's main chapters.";
  issues[71] = "cc";
    zone[71] = "campus";
  source[71] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[71] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-hegerlclimate.html";

headline[72] = "Award-winning economist joins Nicholas School faculty";
    date[72] = "2007.2.05";
 content[72] = "Richard G. Newell, an award-winning environmental economist widely cited for his work on the economics of climate change and energy, has joined the Nicholas School as the first Gendell Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics.";
  issues[72] = "cc energy";
    zone[72] = "campus";
  source[72] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[72] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-newell.html";

headline[73] = "David Hyrenbach, PhD awarded 2007 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation for Mediterranean marine protection";
    date[73] = "2007.2.14";
 content[73] = "How can marine protected areas protect migratory sea turtles, seabirds and whales in the Western Mediterranean Sea? This is a question that will be explored by David Hyrenbach, Ph.D., a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, in Beaufort, North Carolina and presently, a visiting scholar at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in Seattle, Washington.";
  issues[73] = "aw ww lm";
    zone[73] = "campus";
  source[73] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[73] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-hyrenbachpew.html";

headline[74] = "Group examines Durham County lead poisoning hazards";
    date[74] = "2007.2.15";
 content[74] = "Recent water samples with high lead levels from a number of Durham residences have raised public concern about the safety of the county’s drinking water. To address these concerns, members of Duke University’s Children’s Environmental Health Initiative, community advocates, city officials and county public health officials have formed the Durham Environmental Lead Collaborative (DELC).";
  issues[74] = "aw ej";
    zone[74] = "campus";
  source[74] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[74] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/lead.html";

headline[75] = "$1 million pledged to climate change policy partnership";
    date[75] = "2007.2.19";
 content[75] = "Global packaging company MeadWestvaco Corporation has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration that is working to develop policies to address the problems of global climate change, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday.";
  issues[75] = "cc";
    zone[75] = "campus";
  source[75] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[75] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/meadwestvaco.html";

headline[76] = "Upcoming conference on future of water in North Carolina";
    date[76] = "2007.2.26";
 content[76] = "As North Carolina's population grows in coming decades, will the state continue to have enough safe, clean water to meet its needs?";
  issues[76] = "aw";
    zone[76] = "campus";
  source[76] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[76] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/waterconf.html";

headline[77] = "Duke Forestry student awarded Luce Scholarship";
    date[77] = "2007.3.13";
 content[77] = "Elizabeth Forwand, a Duke University graduate student whose goal is to work with communities to help them better manage forests, has won a Luce Scholarship for 2007-08. The Luce Scholars Program provides stipends and internships for 15 young Americans to live and work in Asia each year. The program was established in 1974 by the Henry Luce Foundation of New York City to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society.";
  issues[77] = "lm";
    zone[77] = "campus";
  source[77] = "Duke News & Communications";
    link[77] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/03/luce.html";

headline[78] = "'Not So Big' advocate Sarah Susanka to speak at 2007 Nicholas School recognition ceremony";
    date[78] = "2007.3.15";
 content[78] = "Bestselling author, architect and sustainability advocate Sarah Susanka, FAIA, will speak to 2007 graduates of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at the school’s annual Recognition Ceremony, at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 12.";
  issues[78] = "sust";
    zone[78] = "campus";
  source[78] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[78] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-grad07speaker.html";

headline[79] = "Environmental journalist Mark London to speak at Duke";
    date[79] = "2007.3.20";
 content[79] = "Mark London, coauthor of <i>The Last Forest: The Amazon in the Age of Globalization</i>, an account of the conflict between economic development and environmental preservation in the Amazon, will speak at Duke University at 4 p.m. April 12, in Love Auditorium at the Levine Science Research Center.";
  issues[79] = "ww lm";
    zone[79] = "campus";
  source[79] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[79] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-london.html";

headline[80] = "Duke team to blog from bottom of the Pacific";
    date[80] = "2007.3.21";
 content[80] = "A Duke University-led expedition studying an expanding part of the bottom of the Pacific Ocean will be sharing its experiences on a website presented by Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences.";
  issues[80] = "aw";
    zone[80] = "campus";
  source[80] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[80] = "http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/03/OSC.html";

headline[81] = "Two Nicholas School students receive awards for outstanding papers";
    date[81] = "2007.3.23";
 content[81] = "Hadas Raanan and Stephen Obrochta, graduate students in the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, received recognition for their work at the 2006 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.";
  issues[81] = "aw lm";
    zone[81] = "campus";
  source[81] = "Nicholas School News & Events";
    link[81] = "http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-agustudentaward.html";

headline[82] = "Committees vie for control of biofuel supports";
    date[82] = "2007.3.01";
 content[82] = "Proclaiming biofuels the \"best hope\" for breaking US oil dependence, members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee almost universally speak in favor of additional federal support to continue the ethanol boom. This is perhaps unsurprising as biofuels are a gift to pork barrel politics, ticking boxes ranging from climate change, support for farmers to national security of energy supply. As a result, biofuels have broad bipartisan support, but policy crosses many jurisdictions.";
  issues[82] = "energy ff lm";
    zone[82] = "national";
  source[82] = "The Economist";
    link[82] = "http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=3c693f0b79545332a8c3ba185609d6bd&_docnum=19&wchp=dGLbVlb-zSkVA&_md5=4709311196278ed74aafc39907eceb3a";

headline[83] = "Eco-warriors at the gate; private equity";
    date[83] = "2007.3.03";
 content[83] = "Another week, another record-breaking private-equity deal. But the $45 billion purchase of TXU, a Texan energy utility, is fascinating not just because of the high price agreed by a gang of private-equity firms led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Texas Pacific Group. The preparation of the deal was as much about politics as the number-crunching and financial alchemy that are private equity's stock in trade. In essence, the buyers are betting that the increasingly sensitive question of how to produce energy in an environmentally acceptable way is better handled by a privately owned firm than by one exposed to the public markets.";
  issues[83] = "energy";
    zone[83] = "national";
  source[83] = "The Economist";
    link[83] = "http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=3c693f0b79545332a8c3ba185609d6bd&_docnum=18&wchp=dGLbVlb-zSkVA&_md5=54deabe46f91534703ac4748a661ac18";

headline[84] = "Long road to biofuels";
    date[84] = "2007.3.09";
 content[84] = "With oil prices high and US dependence on imported oil at record levels, the government is urging motorists to increase their use of alternative fuels.";
  issues[84] = "energy";
    zone[84] = "national";
  source[84] = "The Economist";
    link[84] = "http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=3c693f0b79545332a8c3ba185609d6bd&_docnum=16&wchp=dGLbVlb-zSkVA&_md5=3d2585a5719408877c2e0a4bb932e2c8";

headline[85] = "Cold storage";
    date[85] = "2007.2.12";
 content[85] = "As soon as the four-month-long Arctic night ends on the island of Spitsbergen, off the northern coast of Norway, construction will begin on a seed bank dubbed \"the doomsday vault\". The Norwegian government, which is paying for the construction, unveiled architectural plans on February 9th.";
  issues[85] = "cc ww";
    zone[85] = "global";
  source[85] = "The Economist";
    link[85] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8691818";

headline[86] = "How to value a grandchild";
    date[86] = "2006.12.04";
 content[86] = "One month after Sir Nicholas Stern published his review of the economics of climate change, his peers have had time to say what they think of his work. And the answer, it seems, is: not a lot.";
  issues[86] = "cc";
    zone[86] = "global";
  source[86] = "The Economist";
    link[86] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8374354";

headline[87] = "The Stern tendency";
    date[87] = "2006.11.06";
 content[87] = "It is not a widely held view, but there is a lot to be said for economists. First, they like to pin down ideas with figures, and figures are often crucial for developing policy. Second, they like markets, and markets are often useful in implementing policy.";
  issues[87] = "aw cc";
    zone[87] = "global";
  source[87] = "The Economist";
    link[87] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8128019";

headline[88] = "Pump fiction";
    date[88] = "2006.11.13";
 content[88] = "In a busy week for American electoral news, the failure of Proposition 87 on the California state ballot received less attention than it deserved. Voters were asked whether oil and gas produced in the state should be taxed to provide money for research into cleaner forms of energy, such as wind power and solar power. Hollywood heart-throbs including Brad Pitt and Robert Redford backed the proposal, but the nays still beat the yeas by ten percentage points.";
  issues[88] = "energy cc";
    zone[88] = "national";
  source[88] = "The Economist";
    link[88] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8159793";

headline[89] = "Son of Kyoto";
    date[89] = "2006.11.20";
 content[89] = "The United Nations conference on climate change, which closed on Friday in Nairobi, was distinguished mainly by its ineffectualness. Like many such events it had proclaimed a grand ambition: to design a more effective régime to replace the Kyoto protocol after 2012. But for all the posturing in the plenary sessions, there was no sign of urgency or radicalism in the corridors.";
  issues[89] = "cc";
    zone[89] = "global";
  source[89] = "The Economist";
    link[89] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8192014";

headline[90] = "A ransom worth paying";
    date[90] = "2006.11.27";
 content[90] = "\"The soybean frontier is approaching,\" warns Virgilio Viana, the secretary of the environment of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. He is predicting an imminent surge in deforestation in the vast and relatively pristine heart of the Amazonian rainforest. First come roads, then illegal loggers, then pioneering homesteaders, and, finally, full-scale land clearance for soybean farms and cattle ranches. The states closer to Brazil’s Atlantic coast have already suffered this fate, which now threatens the remoter jungles of the interior.";
  issues[90] = "lm ww";
    zone[90] = "global";
  source[90] = "The Economist";
    link[90] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8343294";

headline[91] = "Waste and taste";
    date[91] = "2006.12.11";
 content[91] = "Fresh Kills landfill in New York, until recently the biggest rubbish tip on earth, was said to be one of the very few man-made objects visible from space, along with the Great Wall of China. Of the two, the blob-shaped dump would probably have been easier to spot than the ribbon of the wall, until New York's city government decided to redevelop Fresh Kills as a park a few years ago.";
  issues[91] = "rw lm";
    zone[91] = "national";
  source[91] = "The Economist";
    link[91] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8401702";

headline[92] = "Comrade climate-change";
    date[92] = "2006.12.18";
 content[92] = "Some consequences of global warming are unambiguously bad. Rising sea levels can’t do anybody any good. Nor can higher temperatures in hotter bits of the world. But the warming of the Arctic is not quite so clear-cut. Most people fear it, but some may see reason to welcome it.";
  issues[92] = "cc";
    zone[92] = "global";
  source[92] = "The Economist";
    link[92] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8443195";

headline[93] = "Weather-beaten";
    date[93] = "2007.1.08";
 content[93] = "They call this \"the lucky country\". But when it comes to the weather, Australia has been having a run of terrible misfortune lately. Much of it is in the grips of a severe drought, often claimed as the worst in a thousand years.";
  issues[93] = "cc";
    zone[93] = "global";
  source[93] = "The Economist";
    link[93] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8510991";

headline[94] = "Dr. Strangelove saves the earth";
    date[94] = "2007.1.15";
 content[94] = "Few scientists like to say so, but cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is not the only way to solve the problem of global warming. If man-made technologies are capable of heating the planet, they are probably capable of cooling it down again. Welcome to \"geo-engineering\", which holds that, rather than trying to change mankind's industrial habits, it is more efficient to counter the effects, using planetary-scale engineering.";
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    zone[94] = "global";
  source[94] = "The Economist";
    link[94] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8542549";

headline[95] = "New ideas from old Europe";
    date[95] = "2007.1.22";
 content[95] = "In recent weeks, a rush of climate-change bills has started circulating in America's new Congress. Eminent names are behind them: in the Senate, Joe Lieberman and John McCain have sponsored one, Dianne Feinstein another and Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the energy committee, a third. A national cap on emissions of carbon-dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, looks closer than ever. But how should American regulations work?";
  issues[95] = "cc";
    zone[95] = "national";
  source[95] = "The Economist";
    link[95] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8578415";

headline[96] = "The gigabyte guzzlers";
    date[96] = "2007.1.29";
 content[96] = "For environmentalists who worry already how often they fly, how much rubbish they throw out and what sort of groceries they buy, here is something else to fret about: how much power that computer over there is using, even as it browses the Greenpeace website.";
  issues[96] = "energy";
    zone[96] = "national";
  source[96] = "The Economist";
    link[96] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8615835";

headline[97] = "Bush official faces contempt charge for not studying environmental impact of fire retardant";
    date[97] = "2007.8.21";
 content[97] = "A federal judge in Montana has ordered the Bush administration's top forestry official to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for the U.S. Forest Service's failure to analyze the environmental impact of dropping fish-killing fire retardant on wildfires.";
  issues[97] = "aw ww";
    zone[97] = "national";
  source[97] = "ENN";
    link[97] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/22071";

headline[98] = "Antarctic ice thawing faster than predicted";
    date[98] = "2007.8.22";
 content[98] = "A thaw of Antarctic ice is outpacing predictions by the U.N. climate panel and could in the worst case drive up world sea levels by 2 meters (6 ft) by 2100, a leading expert said on Wednesday.";
  issues[98] = "cc";
    zone[98] = "global";
  source[98] = "ENN";
    link[98] = "http://www.enn.com/climate/article/22168";

headline[99] = "New study: Americans reach environmental turning point, companies need to catch up";
    date[99] = "2007.8.22";
 content[99] = "A new study says the vast majority (87%) of consumers agree they are seriously concerned about the environment and most Americans are looking to the federal government to strengthen their enforcement of green regulations (73%). The study also found that while they say balance between economic growth and environmental protection is a good goal, the environment should come first when a conflict arises (52%).";
  issues[99] = "sust";
    zone[99] = "national";
  source[99] = "ENN";
    link[99] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22186";

headline[100] = "Global warming causing Mediterranean sea to rise threatening Egypt's lush Nile delta";
    date[100] = "2007.8.24";
 content[100] = "Millions of Egyptians could be forced permanently from their homes the country's ability to feed itself devastated.";
  issues[100] = "ej cc ff aw";
    zone[100] = "global";
  source[100] = "ENN";
    link[100] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22263";

headline[101] = "Lead causes more U.S. recalls of China-made toys";
    date[101] = "2007.8.23";
 content[101] = "Excessive amounts of lead paint on toys and other children's products led the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a recall of more than 300,000 Chinese-made items on Wednesday.";
  issues[101] = "ej";
    zone[101] = "national";
  source[101] = "ENN";
    link[101] = "http://www.enn.com/health/article/22196";

headline[102] = "Africa wages war on scourge of plastic bags";
    date[102] = "2007.8.20";
 content[102] = "They've become as much a symbol of Africa's landscape as the stereotypical lions and plains.";
  issues[102] = "rw";
    zone[102] = "global";
  source[102] = "ENN";
    link[102] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22048";

headline[103] = "EPA claims stricter U.S. refinery emission rules not needed";
    date[103] = "2007.8.23";
 content[103] = "According to the US government, health risks linked with toxic air pollution from crude oil refineries are \"acceptably low\" and \"don't justify\" tighter federal rules, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday.";
  issues[103] = "aw ej";
    zone[103] = "national";
  source[103] = "ENN";
    link[103] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/22230";

headline[104] = "Brands changing as corporate social responsibility grows";
    date[104] = "2007.8.24";
 content[104] = "American companies in nearly every sector say they embrace corporate social responsibility (CSR) not only because it's the right thing to do but also because it strengthens their brands.";
  issues[104] = "sust";
    zone[104] = "national";
  source[104] = "ENN";
    link[104] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22247";

headline[105] = "FEMA moves hurricane victims out of trailers over health complaints";
    date[105] = "2007.8.24";
 content[105] = "About 1,000 Louisiana families have asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to move them out of government-issued trailers and mobile homes over concerns that the shelters are contaminated, FEMA officials said Thursday.";
  issues[105] = "ej aw";
    zone[105] = "national";
  source[105] = "ENN";
    link[105] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22261";

headline[106] = "Pigeon dung examined in bridge collapse";
    date[106] = "2007.8.23";
 content[106] = "Pounded and stained by heavy traffic and weakened by missing bolts and cracking steel, the failed interstate bridge over the Mississippi River also faced a less obvious enemy: pigeons.";
  issues[106] = "ww";
    zone[106] = "national";
  source[106] = "ENN";
    link[106] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/22210";

headline[107] = "China's problems with lead go beyond tainted toys";
    date[107] = "2007.8.16";
 content[107] = "From playthings to paint to gasoline, Chinese companies use lead in a wide range of products and experts say China's children are suffering the health consequences.";
  issues[107] = "aw ej";
    zone[107] = "global";
  source[107] = "ENN";
    link[107] = "http://www.enn.com/health/article/21881";

headline[108] = "NYC gets $354 million in federal funds for traffic-toll plan to reduce Manhattan traffic";
    date[108] = "2007.8.15";
 content[108] = "The federal government has agreed to pay $354 million to New York City to help it launch an ambitious plan to reduce traffic by charging tolls for driving into the busiest parts of Manhattan.";
  issues[108] = "sust";
    zone[108] = "national";
  source[108] = "ENN";
    link[108] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/21843";

headline[109] = "Harness the sun to save money, save the Earth";
    date[109] = "2007.8.14";
 content[109] = "Are your electric bills going through the roof? A solution may just be up there too: the roof is a great place to install solar collectors that convert the sun's energy directly into electricity.";
  issues[109] = "energy cc";
    zone[109] = "global";
  source[109] = "ENN";
    link[109] = "http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/21793";

headline[110] = "States petitioned on ocean acidification";
    date[110] = "2007.8.17";
 content[110] = "A conservation organization has requested that Alaska and six other states add bodies of water to their list of impaired waterways: the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.";
  issues[110] = "aw cc ww";
    zone[110] = "national";
  source[110] = "ENN";
    link[110] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/21926";

headline[111] = "DiCaprio brightens up on gloomy green outlook";
    date[111] = "2007.8.14";
 content[111] = "Tired of global warming doom and gloom? Here's something new from Hollywood's king of green, Leonardo DiCaprio: there is hope for a brighter future.";
  issues[111] = "cc";
    zone[111] = "national";
  source[111] = "ENN";
    link[111] = "http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/21798";

headline[112] = "After Russia and Canada, U.S. ship headed for Arctic";
    date[112] = "2007.8.14";
 content[112] = "A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is headed to the Arctic this week on a mapping mission to determine whether part of this area can be considered U.S. territory, after recent polar forays by Russia and Canada.";
  issues[112] = "lm";
    zone[112] = "global";
  source[112] = "ENN";
    link[112] = "http://www.enn.com/energy/article/21796";

headline[113] = "House dust with flame retardant may sicken cats, could be an issue for children";
    date[113] = "2007.8.16";
 content[113] = "A new federal study suggests that household dust containing a common flame retardant may be linked to an increase in cats getting sick from overactive thyroids.";
  issues[113] = "aw ww";
    zone[113] = "national";
  source[113] = "ENN";
    link[113] = "http://www.enn.com/health/article/21879";

headline[114] = "Reward offered for China cities curbing pollution";
    date[114] = "2007.8.13";
 content[114] = "China's top coal producing province has offered rewards of up to 2 million yuan ($263,800) to cities dropping off a list of the country's 10 worst polluters, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.";
  issues[114] = "aw";
    zone[114] = "global";
  source[114] = "ENN";
    link[114] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/21771";

headline[115] = "Scientists track climate-driving Atlantic current";
    date[115] = "2007.8.17";
 content[115] = "The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation--also known as the conveyor belt--has been featured as a changeable force that could wreak havoc on the climate in Europe and North America if it slowed down.";
  issues[115] = "cc";
    zone[115] = "global";
  source[115] = "ENN";
    link[115] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/21922";

headline[116] = "Heat on Australian PM over climate change skeptic MPs";
    date[116] = "2007.8.13";
 content[116] = "A report questioning climate change and calling global warming a \"natural phenomenon\" on Monday led to accusations Australia's Prime Minister John Howard was a climate skeptic, possibly denting his re-election hopes.";
  issues[116] = "cc";
    zone[116] = "global";
  source[116] = "ENN";
    link[116] = "http://www.enn.com/climate/article/21770";

headline[117] = "Experiment suggests limitations to carbon dioxide 'tree banking'";
    date[117] = "2007.8.07";
 content[117] = "Duke Forest trees receiving extra amounts of the gas for a decade added carbon to their tissues, but unevenly.";
  issues[117] = "cc lm";
    zone[117] = "campus";
  source[117] = "Duke News and Communications";
    link[117] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/08/carbonadd.html";

headline[118] = "Duke signs climate commitment";
    date[118] = "2007.7.30";
 content[118] = "As part of Duke's continued leadership in environmental stewardship and sustainability, the university has signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.";
  issues[118] = "cc";
    zone[118] = "campus";
  source[118] = "Duke News and Communications";
    link[118] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/07/climate.html";

headline[119] = "Senators offer modification of carbon trading";
    date[119] = "2007.7.24";
 content[119] = "A bipartisan group of U.S. senators considered critical to the passage of legislation to limit U.S. greenhouse gas emissions offered a proposal Tuesday to reduce costs and provide oversight to the new emissions permit trading market. The plan was developed with analysis provided by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions of Duke University.";
  issues[119] = "cc";
    zone[119] = "campus";
  source[119] = "Duke News and Communications";
    link[119] = "http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/07/carbontrade.html";

headline[120] = "Earth Day festival urges sustainability";
    date[120] = "2007.4.23";
 content[120] = "Students walking across the West Campus Plaza Friday were greeted by organic foods, presentations on clean energy and a would-be Captain Planet wearing blue body paint, red briefs and a planet stamped on his chest.";
  issues[120] = "sust";
    zone[120] = "campus";
  source[120] = "The Chronicle";
    link[120] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/04/23/News/Earth.Day.Festival.Urges.Sustainability-2874294.shtml";

headline[121] = "Prof leads forest conservation effort";
    date[121] = "2007.2.07";
 content[121] = "Stuart Pimm has always considered himself remarkably adept at getting in trouble--so it is not surprising that the Duke professor's most recent journey into the Amazon Rainforest was no exception.";
  issues[121] = "sust ww";
    zone[121] = "campus";
  source[121] = "The Chronicle";
    link[121] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/07/News/Prof-Leads.Forest.Conservation.Effort-2703121.shtml";

headline[122] = "Faculty debate Bush's climate plan";
    date[122] = "2007.2.01";
 content[122] = "In his State of the Union Address last week, President George W. Bush outlined several policies to address climate change and the energy crisis facing America.";
  issues[122] = "cc";
    zone[122] = "campus";
  source[122] = "The Chronicle";
    link[122] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/01/News/Faculty.Debate.Bushs.Climate.Plan-2691318.shtml";

headline[123] = "Faculty debate Bush's climate plan";
    date[123] = "2007.2.01";
 content[123] = "In his State of the Union Address last week, President George W. Bush outlined several policies to address climate change and the energy crisis facing America.";
  issues[123] = "cc";
    zone[123] = "campus";
  source[123] = "The Chronicle";
    link[123] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/01/News/Faculty.Debate.Bushs.Climate.Plan-2691318.shtml";

headline[124] = "New soft quota aims to cut ePrint paper use";
    date[124] = "2007.8.28";
 content[124] = "Free, unlimited ePrinting is gone forever...well, not exactly.";
  issues[124] = "sust";
    zone[124] = "campus";
  source[124] = "The Chronicle";
    link[124] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/08/28/News/New-Soft.Quota.Aims.To.Cut.Eprint.Paper.Use-2939965.shtml";

headline[125] = "Group looks to catch Dukies in act of recycling";
    date[125] = "2007.4.03";
 content[125] = "The next time you throw that empty plastic water bottle in the trash can instead of the recycling bin, beware--you could have just lost yourself free LocoPops, a new bicycle or a host of other prizes.";
  issues[125] = "rw";
    zone[125] = "campus";
  source[125] = "The Chronicle";
    link[125] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/04/03/News/Group.Looks.To.Catch.Dukies.In.Act.Of.Recycling-2819706.shtml";

headline[126] = "Branching out";
    date[126] = "2007.2.05";
 content[126] = "Modern investors are putting money into trees to reap benefits. A growing number of rich individuals, endowments and pension funds are including timber as a \"hard asset\" in portfolios.";
  issues[126] = "lm sust";
    zone[126] = "global";
  source[126] = "The Economist";
    link[126] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesbysubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8653021";

headline[127] = "Junk science";
    date[127] = "2007.2.19";
 content[127] = "Fifty years of space exploration has left a great cloud of litter in orbit containing everything from discarded rocket stages and flecks of paint to astronauts toothbrushes and fragments of exploded satellites.";
  issues[127] = "rw";
    zone[127] = "global";
  source[127] = "The Economist";
    link[127] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesbysubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8724998";

headline[128] = "The price of pleasure";
    date[128] = "2007.2.26";
 content[128] = "As part of an effort to harmonise taxation of energy products across Europe, the European Union has ended the right to cheap, low-tax diesel fuel for pleasure boaters.";
  issues[128] = "energy";
    zone[128] = "global";
  source[128] = "The Economist";
    link[128] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesbysubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8759023";

headline[129] = "Fire down below";
    date[129] = "2007.3.05";
 content[129] = "Earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions are the price that more than 300m Indonesians and Filipinos must pay for living in the Pacific ocean's \"ring of fire\", the world's most seismically active zone. But there are benefits, too.";
  issues[129] = "energy";
    zone[129] = "global";
  source[129] = "The Economist";
    link[129] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesbysubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8796551";

headline[130] = "The dancing deer's last waltz";
    date[130] = "2007.3.12";
 content[130] = "The sangai, or Manipur brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi), a delicately beautiful animal found only in the hilly north-east Indian state of Manipur, has already had one let-off.";
  issues[130] = "ww energy";
    zone[130] = "global";
  source[130] = "The Economist";
    link[130] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesbysubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8837401";

headline[131] = "Talking dirty in China";
    date[131] = "2007.3.19";
 content[131] = "The Chinese capital--one of the world's most polluted cities--is shrouded most of the year by a veil of haze from factories, power plants, building sites and fast-increasing motor traffic.";
  issues[131] = "aw energy";
    zone[131] = "global";
  source[131] = "The Economist";
    link[131] = "http://www.economist.com/research/articlesbysubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933604&story_id=8874472";

headline[132] = "China rivers threaten sixth of population";
    date[132] = "2007.8.28";
 content[132] = "Polluters along two of China's main rivers have defied a decade-old clean-up effort, leaving much of the water unfit to touch, let alone drink, and a risk to a sixth of the population.";
  issues[132] = "aw ej";
    zone[132] = "global";
  source[132] = "ENN";
    link[132] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/22406";

headline[133] = "China says one-child policy helps protect climate";
    date[133] = "2007.8.31";
 content[133] = "China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births, the equivalent of the population of the United States.";
  issues[133] = "sust cc";
    zone[133] = "global";
  source[133] = "ENN";
    link[133] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22534";

headline[134] = "Many nations suffer problem of arsenic in drinking water, new research finds";
    date[134] = "2007.8.30";
 content[134] = "Arsenic in drinking water is a global threat to health, affecting more than 70 countries and 137 million people.";
  issues[134] = "aw ej";
    zone[134] = "global";
  source[134] = "ENN";
    link[134] = "http://www.enn.com/health/article/22496";

headline[135] = "New Zealand warns of toxic Chinese toothpaste";
    date[135] = "2007.8.29";
 content[135] = "New Zealand asked retailers and consumer to dispose of 11 brands of Chinese-made toothpaste after tests confirmed they contained toxic chemicals.";
  issues[135] = "aw ff";
    zone[135] = "global";
  source[135] = "ENN";
    link[135] = "http://www.enn.com/health/article/22445";

headline[136] = "Sand-like, pulverized glass seen as one solution to Florida beach erosion";
    date[136] = "2007.8.27";
 content[136] = "Picture a beautiful beach spanning miles of coastline, gently lapped by aqua-colored water--and sprinkled with glass.";
  issues[136] = "ww aw rw sust";
    zone[136] = "national";
  source[136] = "ENN";
    link[136] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/22352";

headline[137] = "Airlines body sees end of paper tickets in 2008";
    date[137] = "2007.8.30";
 content[137] = "The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year.";
  issues[137] = "lm rw";
    zone[137] = "global";
  source[137] = "ENN";
    link[137] = "http://www.enn.com/business/article/22501";

headline[138] = "Antarctic ozone hole appears early, growing";
    date[138] = "2007.8.28";
 content[138] = "A hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has appeared earlier than usual in 2007, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday.";
  issues[138] = "aw sust";
    zone[138] = "global";
  source[138] = "ENN";
    link[138] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22418";

headline[139] = "Indonesian palm oil boom threatens orangutan, environment";
    date[139] = "2007.8.31";
 content[139] = "Despite government claims pristine jungles are escaping the effects of the \"green solution\" to the energy crunch, the boom is threatening the survival of animals like the endangered orangutan and turning the country into a major global warming contributor.";
  issues[139] = "lm ww energy";
    zone[139] = "global";
  source[139] = "ENN";
    link[139] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22532";

headline[140] = "Company says product will help heal soil after wildfires";
    date[140] = "2007.8.29";
 content[140] = "The millions of acres scorched by wildfires and left susceptible to mudslides can be shored up by spreading inexpensive granules that a company says will keep barren soil in place when the rainy season arrives.";
  issues[140] = "lm";
    zone[140] = "national";
  source[140] = "ENN";
    link[140] = "http://www.enn.com/business/article/22460";

headline[141] = "Norway unveils \"first ecological prison\"";
    date[141] = "2007.8.27";
 content[141] = "The Bastoey Island low security prison uses solar panels for energy, produces most of its own food, recycles everything it can and tries to reduce its carbon footprint.";
  issues[141] = "sust ej";
    zone[141] = "global";
  source[141] = "ENN";
    link[141] = "http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/22379";

headline[142] = "Duke pledges to integrate sustainability on campus";
    date[142] = "2007.9.03";
 content[142] = "President Richard Brodhead announced his signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment July 27, joining a nationwide effort to address pressing environmental issues on campuses.";
  issues[142] = "sust cc";
    zone[142] = "campus";
  source[142] = "The Chronicle";
    link[142] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/09/03/News/Duke-Pledges.To.Integrate.Sustainability.On.Campus-2947498.shtml";

headline[143] = "Hot damned! Part I";
    date[143] = "2007.8.31";
 content[143] = "Unless you've been living under a (pleasantly cool) rock with a bunch of soon-to-be-extinct, damp-loving insects, you've undoubtedly heard the hype--and the anti-hype--about global warming.";
  issues[143] = "cc";
    zone[143] = "campus";
  source[143] = "The Chronicle";
    link[143] = "http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/08/31/Columns/Hot-Damned.Part.I-2946723.shtml";

headline[144] = "APEC officials agree on global warming statement";
    date[144] = "2007.9.07";
 content[144] = "Pacific Rim nations on Friday reached an agreement on a joint statement on global warming, overcoming bickering between rich and poor nations about whether to include targets on emissions.";
  issues[144] = "cc ej";
    zone[144] = "global";
  source[144] = "ENN";
    link[144] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22785";

headline[145] = "Virus may be cause of honeybees' deaths";
    date[145] = "2007.9.06";
 content[145] = "Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for a mysterious affliction that has killed off honeybees by the billions: a virus previously unnknown in the United States.";
  issues[145] = "ff ww";
    zone[145] = "national";
  source[145] = "ENN";
    link[145] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22770";

headline[146] = "NOAA study backs up predictions of sea ice loss";
    date[146] = "2007.9.07";
 content[146] = "Sea ice loss in regions of the Arctic is likely to exceed 40 percent by 2050 compared with the 1980s, according to an analysis of ice computer models by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration.";
  issues[146] = "cc ww";
    zone[146] = "global";
  source[146] = "ENN";
    link[146] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22782";

headline[147] = "Scientists say global warming to hit Africa hardest";
    date[147] = "2007.9.05";
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headline[148] = "U.S. and China to hold product safety talks";
    date[148] = "2007.9.05";
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    zone[148] = "national";
  source[148] = "ENN";
    link[148] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22759";

headline[149] = "Mattel recalls 800,000 lead-tainted toys";
    date[149] = "2007.9.05";
 content[149] = "Mattel Inc.'s reputation took another hit after the world's largest toy maker announced a third major recall of Chinese-made toys in little more than a month because of excessive amounts of lead paint.";
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    zone[149] = "national";
  source[149] = "ENN";
    link[149] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22689";

headline[150] = "Hurricanes Felix, Henriette, set records, wreak havoc";
    date[150] = "2007.9.04";
 content[150] = "Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same day.";
  issues[150] = "cc lm sust";
    zone[150] = "global";
  source[150] = "ENN";
    link[150] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22673";

headline[151] = "One man's genes show DNA is still a mystery";
    date[151] = "2007.9.04";
 content[151] = "The first detailed map of a man's genes shows the genetic code is even more complex than anyone thought. For instance, science still cannot pinpoint what makes a person's eyes blue.";
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    zone[151] = "global";
  source[151] = "ENN";
    link[151] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22642";

headline[152] = "Argentina shuts Shell refinery, citing pollution";
    date[152] = "2007.9.06";
 content[152] = "Argentina's government on Wednesday ordered the closure of Royal Duth Shell's 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery, citing environmental concerns.";
  issues[152] = "aw energy";
    zone[152] = "global";
  source[152] = "ENN";
    link[152] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/22728";

headline[153] = "Report: African, Asian, Latin American farm animals face extinction";
    date[153] = "2007.9.03";
 content[153] = "With the world's first global inventory of farm animals showing many breeds of livestock are at risk of extinction, scientists from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) called for the rapid establishment of genebanks to conserve the sperm and ovaries of key animals critical for the global population's future survival.";
  issues[153] = "ff ej ww";
    zone[153] = "global";
  source[153] = "ENN";
    link[153] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22616";

headline[154] = "Window to prevent catastrophic climate change closing";
    date[154] = "2007.9.14";
 content[154] = "Consumption of energy and many other critical resources is consistently breaking records, disrupting the climate and undermining life on the planet, according to the latest Worldwatch Institute report.";
  issues[154] = "cc ww energy ";
    zone[154] = "global";
  source[154] = "ENN";
    link[154] = "http://www.enn.com/climate/article/23042";

headline[155] = "More European companies switch to green power";
    date[155] = "2007.9.14";
 content[155] = "A growing number of European companies are switching to renewable energy for their manufacturing plants, stores and office facilities. Renewable energy is allowing more companies than ever to power their operations while realizing a number of business benefits in the process.";
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    zone[155] = "global";
  source[155] = "ENN";
    link[155] = "http://www.enn.com/business/article/23046";

headline[156] = "Green skies: engineer's innovations may reduce jet's role in global warming";
    date[156] = "2007.9.14";
 content[156] = "Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fred Dryer has a lofty goal: end the nation's reliance on oil for jet travel.";
  issues[156] = "cc aw energy";
    zone[156] = "national";
  source[156] = "ENN";
    link[156] = "http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/23050";

headline[157] = "Federal study: loggerhead sea turtles face extinction, fishing fleets blamed";
    date[157] = "2007.9.12";
 content[157] = "One of the oldest animals on earth, the loggerhead sea turtle population is declining precipitously experts warn. Now the federal government is confirming that, reversing a long standing 'hands off' approach to a problem conservationists have been alarmed by for years. The species is now considered threatened under the endangered species act.";
  issues[157] = "ww";
    zone[157] = "global";
  source[157] = "ENN";
    link[157] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/22991";

headline[158] = "Foot and mouth found in second culled herd";
    date[158] = "2007.9.14";
 content[158] = "Cattle culled at a second farm in southern England have tested positive for foot and mouth disease, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.";
  issues[158] = "ff";
    zone[158] = "global";
  source[158] = "ENN";
    link[158] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/23052";

headline[159] = "World Conservation Union: 16,300 species threatened";
    date[159] = "2007.9.12";
 content[159] = "From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapogos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened with extinction, the World Conservation Union said in its annual Red List.";
  issues[159] = "ww";
    zone[159] = "global";
  source[159] = "ENN";
    link[159] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/22982";

headline[160] = "Survey: consumers trust food grown locally, but not foreign grown";
    date[160] = "2007.9.11";
 content[160] = "A recent survey shows that American consumers trust local foods, but are skeptical about the safety of the global food system. A new survey also found that consumers feel local foods are safer and better for their health than foods from afar.";
  issues[160] = "ff";
    zone[160] = "national";
  source[160] = "ENN";
    link[160] = "http://www.enn.com/health/article/22962";

headline[161] = "Putting an end to organic dairy fraud";
    date[161] = "2007.9.13";
 content[161] = "Thanks to pressure from organic consumers, the USDA has finally taken preliminary enforcement action against Aurora Organic for falsely labeling factory farmed milk as \"organic\". Aurora is the nation's largest supplier of \"private label\" organic milk to large retail chains and wholesalers.";
  issues[161] = "ff";
    zone[161] = "national";
  source[161] = "ENN";
    link[161] = "http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/23026";

headline[162] = "Survey: 65 percent of Americans oppose mountaintop removal";
    date[162] = "2007.9.13";
 content[162] = "Two out of three Americans (65 percent) oppose the Bush Administration's proposed rule \"to ease environmental regulations to permit wider use of 'mountain top removal' coal mining in the U.S.,\" according to a national opinion survey.";
  issues[162] = "energy sust ej aw lm";
    zone[162] = "national";
  source[162] = "ENN";
    link[162] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/23024";

headline[163] = "Tipping points in Earth system, not always smooth";
    date[163] = "2007.9.07";
 content[163] = "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its many excellent reports tends to portray climate change as a smooth transition. Although the projections are rarely straight lines the underlying system and its responses appear 'linear' in mathematical terms.";
  issues[163] = "cc";
    zone[163] = "global";
  source[163] = "ENN";
    link[163] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/22810";

headline[164] = "Dirty energy threatens health of 2 billion: study";
    date[164] = "2007.9.13";
 content[164] = "The health of about 2 billion of the world's poor is being damaged because they lack access to clean energy, like electricity, and face exposure to smoke from open fires, scientists said on Thursday.";
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    zone[164] = "global";
  source[164] = "ENN";
    link[164] = "http://www.enn.com/energy/article/23018";

headline[165] = "New product: fencing made from agriculture fiber and recycled plastic";
    date[165] = "2007.9.08";
 content[165] = "Heartland BioComposites has commercialized a new breed of composite wood using annually renewable wheat straw rather than wood flour.";
  issues[165] = "ww lm ff sust";
    zone[165] = "national";
  source[165] = "ENN";
    link[165] = "http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/22843";

headline[166] = "Bee virus / The World Without Us / skinny gene";
    date[166] = "2007.9.07";
 content[166] = "A newly-discovered virus may be to blame for the sudden disappearance of bees from hives across the country in recent years; a new book explores what the world would be like if humans were suddenly to disappear from the planet; a discovery in genetics could have implications for your waistline.";
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    zone[166] = "national";
  source[166] = "NPR";
    link[166] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Sep/hour2_090707.html";

headline[167] = "Lunar X-Prize / Mars update / airplane air";
    date[167] = "2007.9.21";
 content[167] = "In the 1960s, the U.S. and the soviet Union were in a race to the moon. Now, this generation has its own moon race; the latest Mars orbiter searches for signs of water; passengers are partly to blame for stale cabin air in flight.";
  issues[167] = "aw sust";
    zone[167] = "global";
  source[167] = "NPR";
    link[167] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Sep/hour1_092107.html";

headline[168] = "New fossil find / ocean energy / ancient DNA";
    date[168] = "2007.8.10";
 content[168] = "Fossils found in Kenya could shake up our evolutionary family tree. Wave and tidal power - not just a ripple in the pond. Researchers have been able to extract and revive bacteria that are eight million years old from Antarctic ice samples.";
  issues[168] = "energy ww";
    zone[168] = "global";
  source[168] = "NPR";
    link[168] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Aug/hour1_081007.html";

headline[169] = "Farm bill and what we eat";
    date[169] = "2007.8.10";
 content[169] = "Food politics and the 2007 Farm Bill affect what everyone eats, both in the United States and overseas.";
  issues[169] = "ff";
    zone[169] = "global";
  source[169] = "NPR";
    link[169] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Aug/hour2_081007.html";

headline[170] = "What inventors need to know";
    date[170] = "2007.8.17";
 content[170] = "Hear from a mechanical engineer who designs easy-to-fabricate devices aimed at helping devleoping nations. Her award-winning inventions include an incubator that stays warm without electricity and a tool that converts farm waste into cleaner-burning charcoal.";
  issues[170] = "ej energy sust";
    zone[170] = "national";
  source[170] = "NPR";
    link[170] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Aug/hour2_081707.html";

headline[171] = "Hurricanes / Voyager spacecraft anniversary";
    date[171] = "2007.8.24";
 content[171] = "Are record-breaking hurricanes business as usual, or indications of the effects of global climate change; the twin Voyager spacecraft, launched by NASA in 1977, are still moving outward on their ambitious tour of our solar system and beyond.";
  issues[171] = "cc sust";
    zone[171] = "global";
  source[171] = "NPR";
    link[171] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Aug/hour1_082407.html";

headline[172] = "Chemistry news / camping";
    date[172] = "2007.8.24";
 content[172] = "Research presented at the American Chemical Society meeting includes a virus that may contribute to obesity virus, using sewage to track illegal drug use, and new ways to store hydrogen for fuel cells; the ultimate kids' guide to camping.";
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    zone[172] = "national";
  source[172] = "NPR";
    link[172] = "http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Aug/hour2_082407.html";

headline[173] = "EU admits to illegal tuna fishing";
    date[173] = "2007.9.21";
 content[173] = "Announcing the closure of the bluefin tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic, the European Commission has recognized that European fleets had well overfished their quota for 2007 and acknowledged failings in the reporting of catch data and illegal fishing.";
  issues[173] = "sust ff aw ww";
    zone[173] = "global";
  source[173] = "ENN";
    link[173] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/23254";

headline[174] = "Largest ever wind turbine deal signed";
    date[174] = "2007.9.20";
 content[174] = "Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds has signed a preliminary agreement to buy 140 3.6 megawatt turbines from Siemens for an undisclosed sum for its wind farm off the British coast.";
  issues[174] = "energy";
    zone[174] = "global";
  source[174] = "ENN";
    link[174] = "http://www.enn.com/energy/article/23228";

headline[175] = "'Biopiracy' requires reasoned treatment";
    date[175] = "2007.9.20";
 content[175] = "Scientists have long been implicated, whether actively or tacitly, in developed countries' campaigns to seek out and secure natural resources to fuel industrialization and maintain their own living standards.";
  issues[175] = "sust ww ej";
    zone[175] = "global";
  source[175] = "ENN";
    link[175] = "http://www.enn.com/energy/article/23220";

headline[176] = "Arctic vault takes shape for world food crops";
    date[176] = "2007.9.20";
 content[176] = "In a cavern under a remote Arctic mountain, Norway will soon begin squirreling away the world's crop seeds in case of disaster.";
  issues[176] = "sust ff ww";
    zone[176] = "global";
  source[176] = "ENN";
    link[176] = "http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/23217";

headline[177] = "One in four Americans \"very worried\" by China imports";
    date[177] = "2007.9.19";
 content[177] = "Around 78 percent of Americans worry about the safety of Chinese imports, and a quarter have stopped buying food from China.";
  issues[177] = "ff ej sust aw";
    zone[177] = "global";
  source[177] = "ENN";
    link[177] = "http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/23194";

headline[178] = "Canada slashes spending on wildlife protection";
    date[178] = "2007.9.19";
 content[178] = "Canada has slashed spending on wildlife protection and monitoring of ecosystems because of budget problems at the federal environment ministry.";
  issues[178] = "ww";
    zone[178] = "global";
  source[178] = "ENN";
    link[178] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/23190";

headline[179] = "Pesticides pose risk in rural and urban communities alike";
    date[179] = "2007.9.19";
 content[179] = "In a recent study of 60 children of Latino farmworkers in the U.S. state of North Carolina, nearly 90 percent of those tested were found to have pesticide metabolites in their urine.";
  issues[179] = "aw ff ej";
    zone[179] = "local";
  source[179] = "ENN";
    link[179] = "http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/23178";

headline[180] = "Scientists seek closed containment systems at salmon fish farms";
    date[180] = "2007.9.18";
 content[180] = "Eighteen prominent scientists and researchers say there is no question that sea lice from fish farms are lethal to wild salmon, no evidence to the contrary and a need for greater protection.";
  issues[180] = "aw ff ww";
    zone[180] = "global";
  source[180] = "ENN";
    link[180] = "http://www.enn.com/animals/article/23165";

headline[181] = "Arctic summer ice thickness halves to 1 meter";
    date[181] = "2007.9.18";
 content[181] = "Large tracts of ice on the Arctic Ocean have halved in thickness to just 1 meter (3 ft) since 2001, making the region more accessible to ships.";
  issues[181] = "cc";
    zone[181] = "global";
  source[181] = "ENN";
    link[181] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/23158";

headline[181] = "Arctic summer ice thickness halves to 1 meter";
    date[181] = "2007.9.18";
 content[181] = "Large tracts of ice on the Arctic Ocean have halved in thickness to just 1 meter (3 ft) since 2001, making the region more accessible to ships.";
  issues[181] = "cc";
    zone[181] = "global";
  source[181] = "ENN";
    link[181] = "http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/23158";

headline[182] = "Polish cod fishermen protest against EU ban";
    date[182] = "2007.9.17";
 content[182] = "Polish fishermen staged a protest in their boats to demand the lifting of a European Union ban on fishing for cod in the eastern Baltic Sea. The Commission ordered Poland to halt trawling for cod in the area, saying the country had misreported its catch and exceeded its EU quota for the threatened species.";
  issues[182] = "ff aw ww sust";
    zone[182] = "global";
  source[182] = "ENN";
    link[182] = "http://www.enn.com/top_stories/spotlight/23269";

headline[183] = "Sometimes, there's life after extinction";
    date[183] = "2007.9.21";
 content[183] = "Just months after being declared extinct, a Yangtze River dolphin may have been spotted, very much alive. The discovery raises a troubling question for conservation biologists: how do you really know something is extinct?";
  issues[183] = "ww";
    zone[183] = "global";
  source[183] = "NPR";
    link[183] = "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14599250";

headline[184] = "Chilling news on North Pole sea ice";
    date[184] = "2007.9.21";
 content[184] = "Final data on the shrinking North Pole ice cap confirms that the amount of ice there is the lowest yet recorded, with even less ice than had been reported in August.";
  issues[184] = "cc";
    zone[184] = "global";
  source[184] = "NPR";
    link[184] = "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14599253";

headline[185] = "Entrepreneur hopes to change electric-car market";
    date[185] = "2007.9.19";
 content[185] = "Miles Rubin is nearly 80, but he delayed retirement to take the biggest challenge of his professional life: building low-polluting, electric vehicles.";
  issues[185] = "cc energy";
    zone[185] = "national";
  source[185] = "NPR";
    link[185] = "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14473012";

headline[186] = "'Down-to-Earth Guide' offers green projects";
    date[186] = "2007.9.19";
 content[186] = "Producers of Al Gore's documentary <i>An Inconvenient Truth</i> have writen a book for children: <i>The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming</i>. It features kid-friendly science explaining the warming of the earth and tips for kids who want to do something about it.";
  issues[186] = "cc";
    zone[186] = "global";
  source[186] = "NPR";
    link[186] = "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14521112";

headline[187] = "Everglades removal from endangered list questioned";
    date[187] = "2007.9.19";
 content[187] = "Florida Democrat Bill Nelson, who chairs a subcommittee overseeing U.N. activities, wants to know why Florida's Everglades National Park was taken off a U.N. list of World Heritage sites considered \"in danger\". Environmental groups say the decision reflects not progress, but politics.";
  issues[187] = "ww lm aw";
    zone[187] = "national";
  source[187] = "NPR";
    link[187] = "http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1025";




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var Counter = 0;
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var firstToShow=x+10;

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var row=document.getElementById("mainContent").rows[1].cells;
row[0].innerHTML=NewsCode;
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function prevNews(x)
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var firstToShow=x-10;

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