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Forum: Action Groups Topic: EPA to issue more rules in climate fight |
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Posted: Mon 6. Sep 2010, 20:00
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| ... will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said. The agency "has a huge role to play in continuing the work to move from where we are now to lower ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: Test shows water problem near natgas drill site |
| kappenberger |
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Posted: Mon 6. Sep 2010, 19:04
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| ... study by the EPA into the safety of the drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking", in response to concern in Congress and in some communities near gas rigs in many states that human health is threatened by the process. The tests in Pavillion found that 17 of ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: U.S. is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know |
| kappenberger |
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Posted: Tue 24. Aug 2010, 17:19
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| ... the country waits to make tough fiscal adjustments, the more painful they will be. Is the IMF bonkers? No. It has done its homework. So has the Congressional Budget Office whose Long-Term Budget Outlook, released in June, shows an even larger problem. ‘Unofficial’ Liabilities Based on the CBO’s ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: U.S. is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know |
| kappenberger |
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Posted: Tue 24. Aug 2010, 17:17
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| ... the country waits to make tough fiscal adjustments, the more painful they will be. Is the IMF bonkers? No. It has done its homework. So has the Congressional Budget Office whose Long-Term Budget Outlook, released in June, shows an even larger problem. ‘Unofficial’ Liabilities Based on the CBO’s ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: FCC Commissioners Copps, Clyburn Strongly Support Open Inter |
| kappenberger |
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Posted: Sun 22. Aug 2010, 21:42
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| ... of criticism over the Google-Verizon deal, describing it as 'an effort to kill off the open Internet.” Despite Grayson’s earlier preference for Congress to deal with the matter, he says here 'It’s time for the FCC to step up. It’s time for Congress to step up. It’s time for all of us to step ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: Greenland Ice Sheet Faces 'Tipping Point in 10 Years' |
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Posted: Wed 11. Aug 2010, 19:30
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| ... from the world map if temperatures rise by as little as 2C, with severe consequences for the rest of the world, a panel of scientists told Congress today. Greenland shed its largest chunk of ice in nearly half a century last week, and faces an even grimmer future, according to Richard Alley, ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: A Food Chain Crisis in the World's Oceans |
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Posted: Sun 1. Aug 2010, 17:29
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| ... destruction of the space ship upon which our well being depends. Have we the political will to overcome the corporate virtual states who own our Congress? With Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) focusing her attention on such pressing issues as increasing the Federal penalties for making pot brownies, ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: Three of Every Four Oil and Gas Lobbyists Worked for Federal |
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Posted: Wed 28. Jul 2010, 20:24
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| ... far exceeds the usual revolving-door standards on Capitol Hill, a Washington Post analysis shows. Key lobbying hires include 18 former members of Congress and dozens of former presidential appointees. For other senior management positions, the industry employs two former directors of the Minerals ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: You Can't Explain Away Climate Change |
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Posted: Wed 28. Jul 2010, 20:21
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| ... hand in hand with big energy companies that profit from the filthy status quo, have injected enough doubt into the national debate to paralyze Congress - which seems little closer to imposing greenhouse-gas limits or placing a market price on emissions than it was during the laissez-faire George ... |
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Forum: Action Groups Topic: Democrats Call Off Climate Bill Effort |
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Posted: Wed 28. Jul 2010, 20:20
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| ... a backlash for some politically vulnerable Democrats. The outcome was also viewed as a setback by some utility executives who had hoped that Congress would set predictable rules governing carbon pollution. Carol M. Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, ... |
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