The New York Times

Along with ruined homes and upended trees, the recent hurricanes left behind a revived debate about global warming.

The president, as he fondly recalled the other day, used to get well lit in New Orleans. Not any more. By Maureen Dowd

Louisiana'yı vuran kasırgaya Ulusal Hava Servisi tarafından "Katrina" ismi verildi. Gerçek ismi, küresel ısınma. Saatte 124 mil (200 km) esen rüzgâr İskandinavya'daki nükleer santralleri kapattığında ve İrlanda ve İngiltere'deki binlerce insanın enerjisini kestiğinde de adı küresel ısınmaydı.

George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom.

The human cost of the more than 2,000 American military personnel killed and 14,500 wounded so far in Iraq and Afghanistan is all too apparent.

Cindy Sheehan couldn't have picked a more apt date to begin the vigil that ambushed a president: Aug. 6 was the fourth anniversary of that fateful 2001 Crawford vacation day when George W.

Iraqi leaders remained deadlocked Sunday over major issues in the country's new constitution, raising the possibility they would fail to meet the Monday deadline and push the country toward a political crisis. By Dexter Filkins

Abu Ghraib images would threaten security -- Pentagon. By Julia Preston

Like the Japanese soldier marooned on an island for years after V-J Day, President Bush may be the last person in the country to learn that for Americans, if not Iraqis, the war in Iraq is over. "We will stay the course," he insistently tells us from his Texas ranch. What do you mean we, white man?

The nation is in the grip of what looks like a terrifying melanoma epidemic: melanoma is being diagnosed at more than double the rate it was in 1986, increasing faster than any other major cancer. By Gina Kolata

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq last year, is camping out near President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, and says she won't leave until Bush agrees to meet with her to discuss the war. There are many reasons for the flood of news media attention she is attracting

The jagged peak of the 11,361-foot mountain known as the Johannisberg looms against the sky at the end of a stunningly beautiful valley here in the Austrian Alps, and the Pasterze, Austria's biggest glacier, extends slowly downward and away from it for five miles. By Richard Bernstein

The early 1980's were a heady time for conservatives in Washington. By David E. Rosenbaum

The energy bill that has been six years in the making and is nearing President George W. Bush's desk is not the unrelieved disaster some environmentalists make it out to be.

With Congress poised for a final vote on the energy bill, the Environmental Protection Agency made an 11th-hour decision Tuesday to delay the planned release of an annual report on fuel economy. By Danny Hakim

Fifty years ago we wrote: "We have to learn to think in a new way.

No Bounce: Bush Job Approval Unchanged by War Speech. Americans Tired of Divisiveness in Congress—Want Bi-Partisan Solutions—New Zogby Poll

The Bush administration is planning the government's first production of plutonium 238 since the cold war, stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly material. The substance, valued as a power source, is so radioactive that a speck can cause cancer. By William J. Broad

Reversing a decades-long trend toward "global dimming," Earth's surface has become brighter since 1990, scientists are reporting today. By Kenneth Chang

Ahmad Chalabi - convicted embezzler in Jordan, suspected Iranian spy, double-crosser of America, purveyor of phony war-instigating intelligence - is the new acting Iraqi oil minister. B Maureen Dowd

Hundreds of newly released cables that John D.

For decades, scientists have been warning that human activities were extinguishing species, altering the climate and degrading landscapes. By Andrew C. Revkin

How will future historians explain it? How will they possibly explain why President George W.

Haithm Ali, a wiry blacksmith, was welding an iron gate in his shop in Sadr City, the vast Shiite slum in northeastern Baghdad, when he was asked for his thoughts about the country's new national assembly. Mr. Ali's face broke into a bitter smile. By Robert F. Worth

A core group of influential evangelical leaders has put its considerable political power behind a cause that has barely registered on the evangelical agenda, fighting global warming. By Laurie Goodstein.

Local Environmentalism is Undermining One of Our Best Options for Slowing Global Warming. By Bill McKibben

Just look at Condoleezza Rice. She's clearly a well-educated, intelligent woman, versed in Brahms and the Bolsheviks, who has just been rewarded for her loyalty with the most plum assignment in the second Bush cabinet. By Maureen Dowd

New Year's weekend traditionally is a time for us to reflect, and to make resolutions based on our reflections. By Jared Diamond

The Bush administration issued broad new rules Wednesday overhauling the guidelines for managing the nation's 155 national forests and making it easier for regional forest managers to decide whether to allow logging, drilling or off-road vehicles. By Felicity Barringer

'The concept of 'minority' has changed since the Lausanne Treaty,' said Professor Oran, who spearheaded the government report on minorities.