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Global warming: a modern 'Monkey Trial'?
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Cast your mind back to high school history class and you may recall a watershed American courtroom drama, a 1925 case against a Tennessee biology teacher that gripped the nation by pitting Darwin's evolution theory against Biblical......Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Education, Regional Authority, Trials
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Cap and trade costly, inaction costlier?
The Swampby Mark Silva Will the "cap and trade'' legislation that the House has passed and the Senate is weighing cost people money? "Yes sir,'' says one of the Senate sponsors, Sen. John Kerry. The cost of inaction, he says, is......Tags: Alternative Energy, Global Warming, Conservation, Montana, White House
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Senate blocks Guantanamo-saving bid
The Swampby Richard Simon The Democratic-controlled Senate today thwarted an effort to block spending for upgrading facilities in the United States for housing prisoners transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a move that Illinois officials feared could have...Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Prisons, New York City, National Security, Janet Napolitano
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Weekend Talk Shows: President Obama is interviewed on '60 Minutes'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Dec. 13 - 19, in PDF format This week's TV Movies TODAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer Nobel Peace Prize; global warming:...... -
Sunday shows: Romney, Romer, Warner, Gregg
Top of the TicketAlso, Jennifer Granholm, Mitch McConnell, Joe Lieberman, Jay Rockefeller, Ben Nelson and Christina Romer.... -
Hatch to vote no on Kagan nomination
The Swampby Michael Muskal Sen. Orrin Hatch, a key Republican on judicial issues, announced Friday that he will vote against the confirmation of Elena Kagan to sit on the Supreme Court. Hatch, of Utah, a former chairman of the Judiciary Committee,......Tags: Orrin Hatch, Philosophy, Elections, Utah, Laws
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'Snowmaggedon' in Washington spurs climate change doubters
GreenspaceMark Twain had it right: Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get. So, is the massive dumping of snow from the Mid-Atlantic to New England proof positive that climate change is untrue, as doubters such as Sen....... -
A fresh look at bike safety
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's about time. After 26 years, a major new motorcycle crash study is poised to begin. Since 1981, when the famed Hurt Study issued its findings on the causes of motorcycle accidents, a lot has changed. Almost 11 million street bikes have been sold in...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Research, Health and Safety at School, Motorcycling, Death
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Natural Gas Coming to a Station Near You?
KickingTiresIt began with Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens' proposal to move natural gas use from power generation to the transportation sector. Now both Republicans and Democrats are jumping on the bandwagon. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.).....Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Prices, Transportation
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Obama enviro appointees face hearing
The Swampby Jim Tankersley A pair of President-elect Barack Obama's key environmental appointees are appearing before a Senate panel this morning - and perhaps set to shed light on the details of some of the new administration's plans to combat global......Tags: Global Warming, George W. Bush, White House, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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JFK's Great Society?
The Swampby Frank James Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla) was just on C-SPAN where he cited President John F. Kennedy's famous 1961 tax-cut to boost a flagging economy as one reason he believes the current economic stimulus should have included more......Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Government, John F. Kennedy, National Government
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Boxer: Emissions limits 'reality'
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) offered a stark message today to her colleagues who want to delay or kill major reductions in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions: You've already lost. Boxer chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works...Tags: Global Warming, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Parliament, Weather
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