As Congress prepares legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, Senate Democrats seem already ready to throw in the towel: Republican leaders have made it clear that they will attack Democrats for seeking a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases. Yesterday, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (Ohio) issued a statement suggesting that the bill would force [...]

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Click the above image to get a bigger, more legible image. Blogged with the Flock Browser Tags: watershortage, global warming, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, free market

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Dick Cheney looks at the blurry line between politicians and lobbyists and erases it with the subtlety of a bunker-buster: For more than two years, Cheney and a relatively unknown administration official, Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell, have been regularly visiting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to ensure agency officials rewrite regulatory policies and bypass [...]

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With only a few minor adjustments to account for dates and sports utility vehicles, this NY Times article on recent car buying trends could have been written thirty years ago. Start with the headline: As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars I have childhood memories of such headlines. Change the price-a-gallon and replace [...]

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