US Senate
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New House Science chair praises 'tremendous' BP spill, plans to subpoena climate scientists
Rep. Ralph Hall plans to use the House Science and Technology Committee to investigate the "false statements" of climate scientists.
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Energy efficiency: the unsung hero of our times
As our economy continues to sputter, one little-noticed industry has been booming for a while now: energy efficiency.
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Scoop: word analysis reveals GOP secret Senate strategy
Here's a document WikiLeaks doesn't have: a so-called "word cloud" produced by sophisticated word-frequency-analysis software, only available on the internets.
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The top five stories of the year for climate hawks
Here are the top stories that mattered for climate hawks this year. Some of them aren't even depressing!
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Food safety passes House, skulks back to Senate
Like a fallen eater rising from the mat after a nasty case of food poisoning, the food safety bill staggered back to life yesterday.
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Time to move like the wind to save clean energy
Rep. Ed Markey argues that the framework tax deal announced this week by President Obama and GOP Senate leaders threatens to kill clean energy jobs.
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How renewable incentives affect project ownership
In less than a month, solar energy projects will see the stimulus-funded cash grant in lieu of the 30 percent tax credit expire
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Scientists fight Inhofe attack on climate fund
Climate scientists are fighting back against assertions that the threats posed by climate change are too uncertain to justify any action.
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The real nitty-gritty on small farms and the food-safety bill
The Food Safety Modernization Act is back in play due to a procedural error, and facing renewed opposition from an unlikely quarter: small farms and food processors and the people who support them. Here, we drag our experts back for a detailed debate on who's exempt, under what circumstances, and what the FDA's agenda might be.