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"EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee"

President Obama's nominee for the top Justice Department environmental enforcement job, Ignacia Moreno, has come under fire from EPA staff attorneys for her previous work defending GE -- a major polluter prosecuted by EPA. Backers say Moreno was tough on polluters in a previous stint at Justice.
Source: ProPublica, 07/08/2009

"Senate Begins Push for Climate Change Bill"

"Democrats in the Senate on Tuesday began a drive to advance climate change legislation, a top Obama administration priority, amid warnings that a bill recently passed by the House of Representatives to reduce carbon emissions would have to be changed."
Source: Reuters, 07/08/2009

"Major Nations Drop Goal of Halving C02 by 2050"

"Major nations have failed to agree to set a goal halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a draft document ahead of talks on Thursday -- a setback to efforts to secure a new U.N. climate pact."
Source: Reuters, 07/08/2009

"Smart Grid: Digging The Foundations"

"President Obama's energy team is mandating up-front standards for smart grid technology to ensure that what is built by the disparate forces involved works and is efficient."
Source: SolveClimate, 07/07/2009

New CDC Site Tracks Environmental Illness

"The goal of a new CDC Website, the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, is to become a one-stop shop for anyone who wants to investigate environmental causes of illness, from asthma to well water."
Source: Daily Green, 07/07/2009

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