Word: conservationism
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It's an irresistible compulsion. Every time the price of gasoline jumps to a new high, I, as well as countless other journalists, serve up a standard list of burning questions that we've kept warm on the hot plate since the last spike. Will the country finally get serious...
As soon as prices drop again, of course, I know that I'll stop playing my futile games and do as alcoholics do when they pick up the vodka bottle after an interval of sobriety: guzzle all the unleaded I can pump. It might be my final opportunity before the...
But that doesn't mean we're running out of gas and oil. The U.S. consumes about 21.5 million bbl. of crude a day, and with inventories of 321.4 million bbl., stockpiles are above average for this time of year, according to the Energy Department. The major Gulf Coast pipelines...
To a remarkable degree, the cave paintings executed over 20 millenniums until about 11,000 years ago are concentrated in southern France and northeastern Spain. Some cultural impulse drove the early Homo sapiens of that region not only to venture deep into caves but also to paint and engrave them...
But it's probably not the last. Global warming might explain some migratory-bird declines in North America as well, although Greg Butcher, director of bird conservation at the Audubon Society, warns that it is dangerous to make assumptions. "It's great," he says, "when you have a bird like...