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Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up To Host Climate Change Event For Lawmakers
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 25 days ago
Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up To Host Climate Change Event For Lawmakers
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Newsweek magazine is teaming up with an oil-industry lobbying group to host an invitation-only event on climate-change and energy issues for lawmakers, just as the Senate gets set to take up legislation on the subject. The panel discussion, entitled "Climate and Energy Policy: Moving?", ...

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Balloon Juice — SSDD: Newsweek magazine is teaming up with an oil-industry lobbying group to host an invitation-only event on climate-change and energy issues for lawmakers, just as the Senate gets set to take up legislation on the subject. The panel discussion, entitled “Climate and Energy Policy: Moving?”, will feature Jack Gerard, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, and, as moderator, Newsweek columnist Howard Fineman, according to an email invitation sent by a Newsweek business staffer and obtained by ...

Could It Get Any Warmer?
Talking Points Memo — Newsweek and the American Petroleum Institute team up for special for special global warming forum on Capitol Hill. ...

Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... . It's about time. * Why is Newsweek co-hosting a discussion on energy policy with an oil-industry lobbying group? * MSNBC's Chris Matthews ...

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Michael Calderone's Blog — City Paper reenacts the WaPo fight. Beck has appendicitis -- should be back soon. Gawker looks at hacks and flacks around Spitzer scandal. NYT responds. Ex-Sun editor Seeley running WSJ's NYC project Newsweek, oil lobby group holding forum. Bloomberg considers $1,000/ year charge for site. 

Washington Post Company Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up To Host Climate Change Event With Lawmakers: Newsweek magazine is teaming up with an oil-industry lobbying group to host an event on climate-change and energy issues involving lawmakers, just as the Senate gets set to take up legislation on the subject. ...

Capital Eye Opener: Thursday, November 5
Capital Eye — ... is joining forces with...Newsweek? The two are teaming up to host a panel on climate-change and energy issues in early December, according to TPMmuckraker. "Newsweek is pleased to be co-hosting this panel discussion with API," says an email from Newsweek that TPMmuckraker obtained. The e-mail adds that "notable members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate" have been invited. Although this won't be the first time the two have joined forces, they are notably different organizations. Newsweek has to abide by a journalistic code ...

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