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Pipeline to nowhere
Remember the natural gas pipeline that played such a big role in Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech? The one God himself blessed? One of the few actual accomplishments on her resume? Turns out not so much: The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and […]
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World Bank yanks corruption-tainted pipeline funding from Chad
The World Bank has pulled funding from a 663-mile oil pipeline in Chad and Cameroon, having lost its gamble that the project would funnel oil wealth into poverty reduction instead of the pockets of corrupt officials. The bank made the loan in 2000, with the stipulation that 72 percent of oil royalties be spent on […]
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Gingrich’s 527 group is a major player in this year’s elections
The following investigative report was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and is reposted on Grist with CPI’s kind permission. —– Newt Gingrich appeared on C-SPAN’s morning program “Washington Journal” on August 6 to promote “Drill here. Drill Now.” Photo Courtesy of C-SPAN Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t running for president […]
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Is the IPCC so wrong their theories contradict a basic laws of physics?
(Part of the How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic guide) Objection: The so called “Greenhouse Effect” which is the underpinning of the entire theory of anthropogenic global warming claims that greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere absorb outgoing long-wave radiation from the surface and reradiate it back, thereby warming the climate. But the upper […]
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National Biodiesel Board opens green building in Jefferson City, Mo.
The National Biodiesel Board built a new green building for its new headquarters, according to an NBB news release. Excerpt below the fold: The carpet comes from recycled materials. The paint is nontoxic. The parking lot lights are powered by the sun. But what really makes the new headquarters of the National Biodiesel Board so […]
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Big emissions gains require big investments; get over it
I’m not particularly invested in white roofs — the subject of several stories yesterday, reporting research showing that painting roofs white in several major urban areas would have a surprisingly large effect on warming — but Keith Johnson’s response on Environmental Capital makes me grind my teeth: The scale and cost of any program that […]
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Palin asks Schwarzenegger to veto bill that would reduce port pollution
One day before being catapulted into the running for GOP vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), urging him to veto a significant pollution-reduction effort. Specifically, she asked the Governator to not sign a bill that would impose container fees on ships entering the ports of Long […]
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McCain’s running mate has offered mixed message on climate change
Sarah Palin, in her Sept. 11, 2008, interview with ABC News: “Show me where I have ever said that there’s absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.” Palin, in a Newsmax interview last month: “A changing environment will affect Alaska […]
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Eco-vandal pleads guilty to 1999 arson at Michigan State University
Alleged Earth Liberation Front member Marie Mason pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated arson and conspiring to commit arson for her role in a New Year’s Eve 1999 fire that destroyed part of Michigan State University’s Agriculture Hall. Mason and her co-defendant (who has already pleaded guilty) were accused of pouring gasoline on and around records […]
