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Obama likes 'science' - but whose?
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley President Obama is big on science. He said as much on the campaign trail, where he ripped President George W. Bush for suppressing scientific debate in the federal government; in his transition to the White House, when......Tags: Conservation, Clubs and Associations, Politics, National Government, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Boxer: Emissions limits 'reality'
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) offered a stark message today to her colleagues who want to delay or kill major reductions in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions: You've already lost. Boxer chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works...Tags: Conservation, Politics, Upper House, National Government, Parliament
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Climate change: U.S. says, 'We're back'
The Swampby Mark Silva As if the White House does not already have enough on its plate, President Barack Obama is signaling to the world that he is ready to start talking about climate change. The Obama White House has invited......Tags: Conservation, European Union, Politics, National Government, White House
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'Obamaism:' Values, example, listening
The Swampby Mark Silva Once, the United States had its "manifest destiny.'' Once, the U.S. had "the Bush doctrine.'' Now, the U.S. has "Obamaism.'' President Barack Obama, who says he will leave it to the scribes to determine what that Obamaism......Tags: National Government, Censorship, Alternative Energy, Science and Technology, Crimes
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'Jobs' the word at warming hearing
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley This Earth Day is Global Warming Day on Capitol Hill, where the House Energy and Commerce Committee has gaveled open three days - and more than 50 witnesses - of testimony on a massive bill that would......Tags: Conservation, Democratic Party, National Government, Energy, Republican Party
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GOP: '100 new nuclear power plants'
The Swampby Mark Silva Americans made fun of the French when Paris wouldn't join Washington in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, but who's laughing now? France, with its investment in nuclear power. So says Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, invoking......Tags: World War II (1939-1945), European Union, Democratic Party, National Government, Heavy Engineering
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Clinton: U.S. AWOL on climate no more
The Swampby Mark Silva In a town where political ideology often has usurped science, two notable statements were heard today: "We are restoring science to its rightful place,'' President Barack Obama said to applause at the National Academy of Sciences in......Tags: Energy Saving, Conservation, G20, Hillary Clinton, National Government
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Bush's polar bear rule stays
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The Interior Department today let stand a Bush administration policy that bars the federal government from considering the effects of global warming on polar bears and other protected species, a move that upset environmentalists and...Tags: National Government, Utah, Ken Salazar, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Calendars, Days, and Months
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Memo: EPA's case for CO2 regs 'weak'
The Swampby Jim Tankersley In ruling last month that greenhouse gases posed health and safety risks, the Environmental Protection Agency brushed aside a memo from other federal agency staffs warning that the move was "likely to have serious economic consequences"...Tags: Lobbying, National Government, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Interior Policy, Heads of State
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VP Biden to appear on Charlie Rose
The Swampby James Oliphant Vice President Joe Biden's extended interview with Charlie Rose appears tonight on PBS. As a service, you'll find a transcript of the exchange, in which the vice president addresses the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil.......Tags: Sarah Palin, Science and Technology, Consumers, Crimes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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GOP's guv: 'Wish President Obama well'
The Swampby Mark Silva The popularity of the president -- with close to two thirds of those surveyed voicing approval of the job that President Barack Obama is performing four months into office-- may have something to do with the Republican......Tags: Coal, China, Conservation, Technology, Personal Income
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Merkel: Climate right for climate action
The Swampby Mark Silva German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among the European leaders who have pressed the United States hardest on the question of climate change, is arriving in Washington for a meeting with President Barack Obama as the House prepares to......Tags: Diplomacy, European Elections, Conservation, Lobbying, European Union
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