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Rick Perry prays for an end to drought and EPA regulations
The rain prayers haven't worked yet -- maybe the Texas governor's prayers against the EPA won't, either.
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Bachmann pledges to have the EPA's 'doors locked and lights turned off'
If Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann can't abolish the EPA like she promised, she may just try to lock employees out of the building
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Roseanne’s running for president — where does she stand on climate change?
Roseanne Barr told Jay Leno that she's planning to run for president (and also prime minister of Israel). She'll be representing her own "Green Tea Party" in the 2012 elections. So how green is this tea party?
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Beyond budget cuts: top five policy priorities for clean energy
Even with cuts looming, there are feasible policy steps we could take toward clean energy.
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Debt and (carbon) taxes: Obama's last chance for climate redemption
Just into Obama's hypothetical second term, when the Bush tax cuts are poised to expire, could be the best time to enact a carbon tax.
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Storm chaser: Sen. Durbin carries on lonely fight against climate change
While Obama lifts the "cloud of uncertainty" over the economy, Dick Durbin looks like one of the only lawmakers still worried about the real weather.
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Why is the EPA still an economic scapegoat?
Every time the economy declines, the same anti-EPA rhetoric is trotted out. But a clean environment and a strong economy are not mutually exclusive. A cost-benefit analysis of regulation shows taxpayers coming out on top.
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EIA releases skewed energy subsidies report to Congress
The EIA admits its data is limited and doesn't give a full picture of the subsidies landscape, but released the report anyway.
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Republicans voted against environmental protections 110 times in six months
Reps. Henry Waxman (Calif.) and Edward Markey (Mass.), of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, have been keeping tabs on Republican votes to undermine environmental legislation. They say that since taking over the majority in January, Republicans have voted 110 times to block or weaken legislation intended to protect the environment.
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Smart ALEC: How corporations screw you over behind closed doors
The American Legislative Exchange Council gives corporations a chance to help ghostwrite legislation that benefits them.
