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Bush administration likely to move forward on changes to new-source review
The Bush administrations is advancing plans to weaken air-pollution rules for power plants, despite House Oversight Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) warning the EPA not to last week, according to The Wall Street Journal. Under “new-source review” rules as they currently stand, power plants making upgrades that would keep their facilities operating more hours each […]
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Florida governor backs conservation ballot initiative
Floridians will be asked to vote on a land conservation ballot initiative, Amendment 4, next week. At an Audubon of Florida event on Friday, the measure got some high-level support from Gov. Charlie Crist (R). “It’s a political year, I don’t know if you realize, but we have an election coming up. And there’s an […]
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The wackiest ads of this year’s election
Politico surveyed both Democratic and Republican political operatives about the most ridiculous ads of this campaign season. Several of the worst were on the theme of gas prices, including this one, for Republican Bill Cassidy, who is running for the House seat in the 6th district of Louisiana. The ad features his wife pull-starting a […]
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‘I was just reading an article in The New York Times by Michael Pollan about food’
I was just reading an article in The New York Times by Michael Pollen [sic] about food and the fact that our entire agricultural system is built on cheap oil. As a consequence, our agriculture sector actually is contributing more greenhouse gases than our transportation sector. And in the mean time, it’s creating monocultures that […]
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Louisiana Senator getting no love from enviros in her reelection bid
Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who’s seeking reelection for a third term, is the only Democrat to make the League of Conservation Voters’ “Dirty Dozen” list this year. LCV has given her a lifetime score of 44 percent and says she’s “the worst Democrat in the Senate on environmental issues currently running for reelection.” Environmentalists […]
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Longest-serving Republican in Senate found guilty of concealing gifts on disclosure forms
Jurors have convicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens of lying on Senate disclosure forms in order to conceal home renovations and other gifts he received from the oil-field engineering firm VECO Corp. and its CEO. Stevens was found guilty on all of seven counts against him and now faces up to five years in prison on […]
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens found guilty on corruption charges
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has been found guilty on seven counts of lying about free house renovations and gifts received from an oil-contractor friend between 1999 and 2006. The impact on Stevens’ reelection race against Democrat Mark Begich remains to be seen. Stevens, going strong at age 84, is the longest-serving Republican in the Senate.
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Obama pitches green to 100K
“If I am president, I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million new, green jobs over the next decade — jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced; jobs building solar panels and wind turbines and fuel-efficient cars; jobs that will help us end our dependence on […]
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SUV owners prefer McCain, while hybrid drivers are rooting for Obama, research finds
The kind of car you drive is related to your preference for presidential candidate, according to new research from Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research. McCain leads among owners of full-size trucks and SUVs, luxury cars, and luxury SUVs. Obama leads among those who drive imports, station wagons, hatchbacks, and hybrids. “McCain’s appeal among owners […]
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Bush admin to try to push through rule allowing more power-plant pollution
According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. EPA aims to finalize by next week controversial rules allowing power plants to emit more pollution overall as long as they reduce their emissions on a per-hour basis.
