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Federal agencies graded on scientific openness
Some federal agencies are far more transparent than others when it comes to releasing scientific information to the press and public, says a new report card from the Union of Concerned Scientists. A sampling: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission received a B+; NASA, commended for improving its policies following muzzling complaints from climate-change expert James Hansen, […]
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League of Conservation Voters releases 2008 congressional scorecard
House members averaged a 56 percent on environmental votes in 2008, and senators averaged 57, which by grade-school standards would mean Congress as a whole got a failing grade on the environment. But the news overall was good today as the League of Conservation Voters rolled out its 2008 National Environmental Scorecard, the ruler by […]
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Concord vs. Keynes in the nation’s editorial pages
Ruth Marcus gets it wrong: [The economic crisis] could give the next president more maneuvering room to extricate himself from unaffordable campaign promises and to build political consensus for painful but necessary budgetary choices. Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman gets it right: And this is also a good time to engage in some serious […]
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Senate race in North Carolina finds both candidates slinging oil
Another race where energy issues have been top fare this year is the North Carolina race, where Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole is defending her seat against Democratic challenger Kay Hagan. It’s a race where both candidates have accused the other of being in the pocket of Big Oil, and the crude has been flying for […]
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Bush signs railroad-safety law, giving $13 billion to Amtrak
President Bush on Thursday signed a measure into law that provides some $13 billion to Amtrak and other passenger rail. The funding, which Bush originally opposed, is a companion piece to a railroad-safety bill; the legislation was pushed quickly through Congress after a Sept. 12 train collision in Los Angeles that killed 25 people and […]
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Grist poll: Which candidate has bucked his base more on the environment?
Now that we know both presidential candidates are OK with occasionally being unpopular — especially when it comes to the environment — who do you think has differed more from his base on this issue? </object> Quizzes by Quibblo.com
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Obama cannot politically afford to take the kind of bold green stances enviros are hungry for
At Wednesday night’s debate, in the course of arguing that he is not overly beholden to his party or interest groups, Obama said something that is predictably provoking umbrage among enviros: "I support clean coal technology. Doesn’t make me popular with environmentalists." To many greens, this is just the latest insult from a campaign that […]
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Energy adviser says Obama would regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act
In an interview with Bloomberg, Obama energy adviser Jason Grumet said that Obama would regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Grumet said Obama “would initiate those rulemakings,” authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Air Act to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and manufacturers. This would, […]
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League of Conservation Voters releases 2008 scorecard
The League of Conservation Voters released its 2008 scorecard Friday which rates members of Congress on their environmental votes this year. Most of the 11 scored votes in the Senate and 13 scored votes in the House were related to energy issues, but the league also looked at how congressfolk voted on climate, public lands, […]
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LCV endorses Republican Susan Collins in Maine Senate race
The League of Conservation Voters has announced that it’s endorsing Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins in her bid for reelection. “Sen. Collins is a leader and a champion for the environment, reaching across party lines to introduce and support bipartisan pieces of legislation that hold oil companies accountable for their high profits, invest in clean […]
