whitehouse.gov - 5/27/2009
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The makings of a change in the culture of Washington as the President announces a breakthrough on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards.
Updated with video.
google.com - 5/28/2009
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google.com —
5 hours ago BEIJING (AP) U.S. House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on...
climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right. Speaking at Beijing's elite Tsinghua University, Pelosi continued the theme of her ...
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The Associated Press: Pelosi appeals for China's ...
independent.co.uk - 5/27/2009
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independent.co.uk —
Some people believe that nuclear power is the
answer to climate change, others have proposed green technologies...
such as wind or solar power, but Barack Obama's top man on global warming has suggested something far simpler painting your roof white. ...
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Obama's climate guru: Paint your roof white! -
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news.yahoo.com - 5/30/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - The climate change proposal developed by
congressional Democrats and endorsed by President Barrack Obama does...
little to reduce global warming and saddles Americans with high energy costs, Republicans said Saturday.
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GOP belittles Democrats' climate change proposal
(AP)
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Jennifer M. Granholm: Michigan Will Lead the Green Industrial Revolution
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As Governor of the state that has been ground zero for the nation's economic crisis, I was proud to stand with leaders of the UAW and ten automakers as President Obama announced a truly historic, aggressive national agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. ...
Michigan Will Lead the Green Industrial Revolution (Mich. Dem. Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm)
Congress Blog —
The battle against global climate change was kicked into a new gear this month, and Michigan is leading the charge. That’s right: Michigan. The so-called “rust belt” state that has been putting cars, trucks, and SUV’s on the road for over 100 years is putting the pedal to the metal on making the U.S. less reliant on fossil fuels. As Governor of the state that has been ground zero for the nation’s economic crisis, I was proud to stand with leaders of the UAW and ten automakers as President Obama announced a truly historic, aggressive national agreement to lower greenhouse gas ...
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My Last Climate Change Comment
corner.nationalreview.com 4/3/2009 — Jerry, I think we've gotten to the nub of it. You say:
Jim, I do not agree with you that uncertainty regarding future arming strengthens the case for cap-and-trade or other mitigation programs. As the Goklany paper I linked to earlier ...
Change That Is Not Change… And Iran
westernfrontamerica.com 12/9/2008 — Well, now. Isn't this interesting! Obama's change is not exactly the change many on the political left had expected of him. Some on the left are even claiming that Obama's foreign policy, what little we know of it yet, is akin to that of George Bush's father, George H. W. Bush. Obama ...
Another Name Change
corner.nationalreview.com 3/27/2009 — First there were no enemy combatants. Then, no "war on terror." Now, the New York Port Authority is dropping "Freedom Tower."
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corner.nationalreview.com 7/26/2009 — Further to the post below, several readers have asked why I didn't refute the case made against me. Well, the case made against me is that I'm an uneducated clod, and I agreed with that. But, if you mean the argument on "global warming", my general ...
GM moves closer to bankruptcy —
CNN.com - Politics 5/27/2009
General Motors said Wednesday that it has fallen far short of the bondholder support it needed for its proposed debt-for-stock offer, virtually guaranteeing that the nation's largest automaker will be forced to file for bankruptcy court protection ...
House draft bill would raise oil royalties —
Reuters: Politics 5/27/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The royalties paid by oil companies for drilling on federal lands would increase by 50 percent, and the amount of time they could hold federal leases would be cut in half, under draft legislation being circulated by House ...
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