Climate Change
What catastrophe are we waiting for?
August 16, 2010Global climate change is putting humanity's most basic, most elemental needs increasingly at risk.
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World Notes: Cuba, Bolivia, Australia, Kenya, UN, France
August 11, 2010Fidel on Obama, Bolivia's economy, Australian uranium mining, Kenyan constitution, UN and climate change, France vs. Roma.
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GOP blocks bills, drawing Obama ire
August 4, 2010The Senate today set the stage to finally provide much needed aid to states to avoid teacher and other public employee layoffs, but only two Republicans voted for the measure.
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Green jobs lose out as Senate shelves energy bill
July 27, 2010Steelworkers and environmentalists had a lot riding on the bill, but it came up against an army of oil and coal industry lobbyists and a wall of opposition from Senate Republicans.
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Energy bill stalling has groups riled up
April 27, 2010Leaders of 31 national organizations sent a letter to the Senate today pressing senators "not to squander the great promise of bipartisan action" for "strong clean energy and climate change legislation."
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