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Michigan’s Democratic governor wins reelection

Michigan's Democratic governor, Jennifer Granholm, has beaten back Republican Dick DeVos. It's an important win for enviros -- Granholm is about as green as one could manage in the home state of the U.S. auto industry. Background on the race here.

Chafee goes down

CNN is now calling the New Hampshire Rhode Island [ed. note: typing too fast!] race for Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse -- a big and somewhat surprising defeat for Lincoln Chafee.

Wins.

... wins in Connecticut, according to CNN.

Climate-change protesters hit the streets, fish are disappearing, and more

Read the news items highlighted in this week’s podcast: Teach a Man to Fish, and … Oh, Never Mind And I’ll Blow Your Case Down Adventures in Agriculture Hauntingly Familiar Under the Macroscope Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Mother Knows Best Bread Basket Case The Moral of the Story Home […]

Who will control them if the Dems win

If, as widely expected, the Dems take the House tonight, it will represent a fundamental shift in power in D.C. A big part of that will be control over key committees. Here are the main green-related committees, and the House member who stands to take over in a Dem-controlled House:

Loses

... has officially lost.

Key races on the green front

In today's Senate showdowns, there's plenty to be anxious about on the enviro front. Muckraker's got the nitty gritty on key races here, but a quick rundown of races to watch out for:

We’re all going

So Texas Governor Rick Perry thinks all non-Christians are going to hell?

That's a bitter pill to swallow from someone who's doing everything he can to create hell on this earth.

Allen Johnson rallies Christians to fight against mountaintop-removal mining

Allen Johnson. As its not-at-all euphemistic name would indicate, mountaintop-removal mining makes no effort to disguise its impact. Coal-mining companies brazenly invade Appalachian communities, blow the tops off mountains, send massive coal trucks careening up and down narrow roads, spew coal dust into the air and mining waste into the water, and terrorize residents who […]

Seriously

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