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3 States Push ALEC Bill To Teach Climate Change Denial In Schools [1]

"The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - known by its critics as a 'corporate bill mill' - has hit the ground running in 2013, pushing 'models bills' mandating the teaching of climate change denial in public school systems."

Source: DeSmogBlog [2], 02/01/2013

Alaska Natives Try To Flee Climate Change Impacts But Find Little Help [3]

"Superstorm Sandy was a dramatic preview of what cities on the Eastern Seaboard might expect as climate change intensifies, but 12 small, indigenous communities on Alaska's coast provide the most extreme example of how global warming can wreak havoc."

Source: ClimateWire [4], 02/01/2013

"Dems: GOP Clean Energy Report Misleads" [5]

"Three senior Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee defended a clean-energy grant program Wednesday, saying Republicans used misleading figures in a report earlier this month to slam the initiative."

Source: Hill/E2 Wire [6], 02/01/2013

"Polluted Air Linked to Poor Birth Outcomes, Early Deaths" [7]

"BRUSSELS -- Long-term exposure to fine particles of pollutants in the air can trigger adverse birth outcomes, childhood respiratory diseases and atherosclerosis, the World Health Organization warned today.

Source: ENS [8], 02/01/2013

"Uncertain Future For US Towns Built on Coal" [9]

"Appalachian coal producers worry about new environmental laws as poverty and pollution rise in some mining regions."

Source: Aljazeera [10], 02/01/2013

"State Dept's Keystone XL Review Will Face EPA Scrutiny a Third Time" [11]

"The EPA found serious flaws in two earlier environmental reviews. Soon it will have another opportunity to weigh in, with climate impacts a major concern."

"One of the biggest unknowns in the unfolding Keystone XL debate is the role the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might play."

Source: InsideClimate News [12], 02/01/2013

Justice Asks Judge for Documents Showing How BP Low-Balled Oil Flow [13]

"The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge in New Orleans to require BP to produce documents that outline how it low-balled the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its Macondo well in 2010. The estimates were sent to the Coast Guard and Congress."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [14], 02/01/2013

"U.S. Spring Crop Season Jeopardized as Drought Persists" [15]

"The unrelenting drought gripping key farming states in the U.S. Plains shows no signs of abating, and it will take a deluge of snow or rain to restore critical moisture to farmland before spring planting of new crops, a climate expert said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters [16], 02/01/2013

TV News Mentioned Donald Trump Nearly 20x More Than Fracking in 2011 [17]

"A paltry 1.2 percent of headlines in prominent media outlets focus on environment. That's the depressing finding from a study out today that surveyed headlines from 43 news and related organizations between January 2011 and May of 2012. Interestingly, Fox News devoted significantly more time to covering the environment, including healthy doses of climate change-denial, than did MSNBC and CNN ...."

Source: Mother Jones [18], 02/01/2013

"Blast Kills 25 at Headquarters of Mexican Oil Company" [19]

"MEXICO CITY -- An explosion rocked the headquarters of Mexico's state-run oil monopoly Pemex, killing 25 people, injuring 101, and damaging three floors of Mexico's second tallest building before sending plumes of smoke into the Mexico City skyline."

Source: USA TODAY [20], 02/01/2013

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