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Republicans want end to regulations, you eaten by alligator
House Republicans are pushing a bill that would ban any new major regulations until unemployment drops below 6 percent. Really.
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Republicans prefer naming things after Reagan to signing U.N. ocean treaties
And, really, who can blame them?
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Lobbyists spent $173.5 million trying to shape the 2008 farm bill
Food and Water Watch crunched the numbers, revealing both the scale and breakdown of the massive effort to pass the 2008 legislation.
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Seven graphs that should make the Obama campaign very nervous
The drought means higher food prices. Higher food prices mean more concern about the economy. And that means trouble for an incumbent president.
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How the White House weakened EPA’s soot standard
A report from the Washington Post demonstrates
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U.S. leads the world in cutting CO2 emissions — so why aren’t we talking about it?
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. is making progress on climate change. And not just because of the recession and the natural-gas boom.
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FDA bans BPA from sippy cups after sippy cups no longer contain BPA
The bold move means that kids are as safe as yesterday, but that the FDA won't have to hear about it any more.
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The right gets mad about the carbon tax, as everyone knew they would
On Friday, we predicted outrage over a right-wing convening on the carbon tax. It happened. We're basically psychic.
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Green Party’s presidential candidate says it’s time to ‘take our country back’
Boston physician Jill Stein has accepted the party’s nomination for the highest office in the land. Now, can she get anyone to pay attention?