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60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats
Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass ...
Agriculture seen as a key to passing climate-energy bill in the Senate
Agriculture will be a big factor determining whether a climate bill similar to Waxman-Markey can make it through the Senate, said Eric Carlson, ...
EPA approves California pollution rule
The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward tougher reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks Tuesday by giving ...
EPA targets 44 coal ash sites in 10 states
Forty-four coal ash storage sites near 26 communities have been targeted for inspection after federal officials identified the ponds as potential ...
Only 15 more Senate votes needed for cap and trade
Darren Samuelsohn reports cap and trade backers are 15 Senate votes short of the 60 needed for passage.According to Samuelsohn's article, the Senate ...
White House hunting for $20B for highways, transit
The Obama administration is scrambling to find an extra $20 billion to keep highway and transit construction projects and the thousands of jobs they ...
Fantacy or fiction:NOAA's climate change impact report parting thoughts
I finally got through the rest of the Climate impact report. I am sorry but is was incredibly lame. A dodgy dossier on disturbing dastardly ...
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