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"The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) launched an effort Wednesday to tip the scales in the close Missouri Senate race against Rep. Roy Blunt (R) by playing up oil-industry contributions to the conservative lawmaker.""Enviros Target Blunt in Close Missouri Senate Race"
E2 Wire, 03/11/2010
Florida GOP Governor Charlie Crist's $1.75 billion plan to save the Everglades by buying out a major landowner, United States Sugar, is turning out two years later to be a plan to save U.S. Sugar. The Everglades? -- not so much."Deal to Save Everglades May Help Sugar Firm"
NYTimes, 03/08/2010
Two Texas-based refining companies, Valero and Tesoro, and the PR firm they have hired, have refused comment on a story identifying them as the sole sources of money behind a state bill that would suspend California's law cutting greenhouse gases."Texas Refiners Mum About Funding Push to Halt Calif. Climate Law"
ClimateWire, 03/04/2010
"Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation's classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools.""Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets"
NYTimes, 03/04/2010
"Prominent British researchers at the heart of the hacked email scandal shot down accusations of illegally withholding scientific information charting the planet's temperature, telling a parliamentary hearing that certain governments had prohibited them from publishing all the raw data."Jones: Temperature Data Withheld at Countries' Request
SolveClimate, 03/03/2010
"One of three Democratic senators who supports blocking U.S. EPA's ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants draws one of the highest amounts of campaign contributions from electric utilities."Ag Chair Lincoln Near Top for Utility Campaign Contributions
Greenwire, 03/03/2010
"Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at skeptics who doubt the reality of human-caused climate change, saying he wished it were an illusion but that the problem is real and urgent.""Al Gore Takes Aim At Climate Change Skeptics"
Reuters, 03/02/2010
"In its first set of orders since returning from a monthlong recess, the Supreme Court declined yesterday to consider three separate industry challenges to federal environmental regulations.""Supreme Court Denies 3 High-Profile Environmental Cases"
Greenwire, 02/24/2010
"The early optimism of environmental advocates that the policies of former President George W. Bush would be quickly swept away and replaced by a bright green future under Mr. Obama is for many environmentalists giving way to resignation, and in some cases, anger.""Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama"
NYTimes, 02/18/2010
"President Barack Obama's award of billions of dollars in federal nuclear loan guarantees to Southern Co. has angered environmentalists who say the president is embracing the energy powerhouse that worked aggressively to defeat a key climate change bill championed by his administration.""Southern Co.'s Lobbying Draws Complaints"
AP, 02/18/2010
"A trio of influential multinational corporations have decamped from the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a 3-year-old lobby group, citing mounting concerns over the direction of climate change legislation, particularly concessions to the politically-influential coal sector.""Three Firms Quit Climate Lobby"
Green Inc., 02/17/2010
"The US pointman on climate change on Tuesday accused vested interests of exploiting scientific scandals and pledged to act even if China and India balk at the controversial Copenhagen accord.""Climate Skeptics Exploiting Scandal: US Envoy"
AFP, 02/17/2010
"Whether it was democracy in action, or defence against malicious attempts to disrupt research, climate scientists were driven to siege mentality by persistence of sceptics.""Climate Wars: The Story of the Hacked Emails"
Guardian, 02/16/2010
"Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this year, a decision that hands Republicans a prime pickup opportunity in the middle of the country. ... What's bad news for the Dems in the longer term could be good news for the climate bill in the short term.""What Might Sen. Evan Bayh'S Retirement Mean for the Clean-Energy Bill?"
Grist, 02/16/2010
Scholars and Rogues investigated climate-change deniers' claim about Pennsylvania State University's inquiry into allegations of research misconduct against Michael Mann. The publication found that allegations of a cover-up were "extremely unlikely" to be true.Experts Say Alleged PSU Cover up of Mann Misconduct "Extremely Unlikely"
Scholars & Rogues, 02/16/2010
