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Groups warn of possible EPA moves to weaken standards for radioactive releases
A group of 60 environmental and public health organizations sent a letter [PDF] to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Stephen Johnson expressing concern that the agency “is considering a series of actions aimed at dismantling and dramatically weakening decades of EPA policies for protection of the public from ionizing radiation” in the remaining weeks of the […]
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Boxer says she’ll let a President Obama lead on greenhouse gas bill
OK. The chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee didn’t quite say that, at least not directly. But E&E News PM reports ($ub. req’d): Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) expects to take her cues on climate in the 111th Congress from the next president. The chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee […]
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What pollsters can learn from climate modelers
Pollster.com has an interesting piece on the confusing disparity among all of the polls taken for this election. In particular, “likely voter model design depends significantly on judgments that pollsters make about how to model the likelihood that any voter sampled will actually turn out and vote in the election.” The author, Clark A. Miller, […]
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I guess they call them ‘talking points’ for a reason
Hey, remember how eerily similar the talking points on energy (and everything else) were at the three presidential debates? Well, 23/6 puts them all side-by-side. Energy portion is at 1:53.
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Michele Bachmann lowered gas prices
The latest wackadoo claim from the gift that keeps on giving, Michelle Bachmann: Bonus crazy! Bachmann claims that oil pipelines cause wildlife to flourish: (Thanks LL!)
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Canada P.M. reshuffles cabinet, lumps environment and economy together
Recently reelected Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reshuffled his cabinet Thursday, lumping the economy, environment, and energy security together into an environment ministry headed by former Industry Minister Jim Prentice. Harper also declared, “We want to work with the Americans on regulatory systems relating to greenhouse-gas emissions in order that we can work toward […]
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Obama notes global warming as an issue that he and McCain should work on together post-election
Last night on The Daily Show, John Stewart asked Barack Obama what issues he could envision working on with rival John McCain after the election, regardless of who wins next week. Obama noted global warming as a distinct problem they should address together. “I hope that after the election we can work together, because some […]
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Surveys show Americans more concerned about energy prices than environment
Raise your hand if you’re more worried about gas prices than climate change. Voters continue to cite global climate change as one of several key issues that will affect their vote in this year’s election, but a broad range of opinion surveys conducted in the final months of the 2008 campaign reaffirm that economic issues […]
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California group attempting to stoke anti-immigration sentiment among enviros
The group Californians for Population Stabilization is running an anti-immigration ad in the state claiming that immigrants are responsible for the country’s growing carbon emissions. “Concerned about America’s huge carbon footprint? Then you should be concerned about immigration,” says a stylish-looking 20-something guy. He goes on to argue that because immigrants take up the carbon-spewing […]
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GOP senators say green group is ‘abusing’ tax-exempt status
The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, which has spent big bucks this campaign season on ads against anti-environmental candidates who happen to be Republican, is “abusing” its 501(c)4 status, say the GOP members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
