gristmill.grist.org - 11/17/2008
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Muckraker: Grist on Politics Shortly after the election, a coalition of more than 30 green groups issued a list of requests to the Obama transition team, outlining the priorities on climate and energy they'd like the next president to address. Their plans are largely consistent with what Obama ...
gristmill.grist.org - 11/13/2008
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government in waiting Center for American Progress Action
Fund held a press conference on Wednesday to unveil...
its new book, Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President . The book won't be for sale until January, but some ...
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Transition talk: Wherever you go, there you czar | ...
gristmill.grist.org - 11/13/2008
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Muckraker: Grist on Politics A year ago, the
policy wonks at the Center for American Progress laid...
out a plan for what they'd like to see the next president do on a variety of issues, including energy and climate change [PDF]. The plan includes a ...
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Transition talk: National Energy Council | Gristmill: ...
greenwombat.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/17/2008
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Green Obama Wish List: 30 Groups And 7 Executive Orders
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... their environmental justice obligations; and clarify key terms from the current Order, including "environmental justice communities" and "subsistence," to avoid the kind of narrow interpretation of the terms applied by the Bush Administration. As is the case with the existing Executive Order on Environmental Justice, these recommendations are consistent with the goals of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
And Grist reports that 30 green groups had assembled their wish list for Obama climate and energy policy:
Their plans are largely ...
Green Obama Wish List: 30 Groups And 7 Executive Orders
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... their environmental justice obligations; and clarify key terms from the current Order, including "environmental justice communities" and "subsistence," to avoid the kind of narrow interpretation of the terms applied by the Bush Administration. As is the case with the existing Executive Order on Environmental Justice, these recommendations are consistent with the goals of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
And Grist reports that 30 green groups had assembled their wish list for Obama climate and energy policy:
Their plans are largely ...
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ABOARD THE CNN EXPRESS
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CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)– Here’s the thing about honeymoons:
One of their defining aspects is that the rest of the world is supposed to leave you alone.
Right.
Chicago in November is ...
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But on Monday ...
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