Man, journalism is hard! America is addicted to oil — oh wait, no it isn’t. Evangelicals aren’t fighting global warming — oh wait, yes they are. (And by the way, hallelujah!) The Bush administration has suspended funding for forest research that contradicts timber policy — oh wait, no they haven’t.

A federal agency restored funding Wednesday for a study that has provided evidence for conservationists opposing the Bush administration’s policy of logging after wildfires.

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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lift its suspension of the final year of a three-year grant to Oregon State University came a day after a congressman called for an investigation of the funding cutoff.

Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., had asked the Interior Department’s inspector general to examine whether the bureau was punishing the researchers for their findings.

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Hey, I’m not complaining. Keep the good news rolling in. I’m still waiting for the front-page headline “Climate Change Not Actually a Problem After All.” Maybe tomorrow? Maybe The Day After Tomorrow?