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Koch brothers helped derail climate change with lawmaker pledge
2013-07-01 19:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: A new two-year study by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University demonstrates how the Koch brothers have helped to derail climate change legislation. The conservative group Americans for Prosperity, which the Kochs bankroll, pushed lawmakers to sign a pledge not to vote for legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue. From the study: [I]n 2011 and 2012, Koch Industries Public Sector LLC, the lobbying arm of Koch Industries, advocated...
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Aerosols May Have Helped Suppress Hurricanes During 20th Century
2013-06-24 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Researchers wrote in the journal Nature Geoscience that aerosols could have played a role in helping to suppress the number of Atlantic hurricanes over the 20th Century. The scientists found that aerosols make clouds brighter, which causes them to reflect more energy back from the sun into space. This impacts ocean temperatures and tropical circulation patterns, making the conditions less favorable for hurricanes. "Industrial emissions from America and Europe over the 20th Century have cooled...
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The man who helped beat TO's bag ban: Talking with CPIA Leader of the Year Gerry Maldoff
2013-06-18 21:50:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Most of us would probably consider being a lawyer as a safe-as-houses route towards economic security. Gerry Maldoff didnt, and gave up practicing law for a career in plastics.
Metadata helped reveal Gen. Petraeus' affair with Charlotte woman
2013-06-17 17:11:46| Wireless - Topix.net
In this January 14, 2012 photo, Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," poses for photos in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Dewhurst's Senate cut taxes and helped business, but is the Tea Party happy?
2013-06-16 09:25:31| Electronics - Topix.net
In the What-Has-David-Dewhurst-Done-For-Us-Lately Dept., all the lieutenant governor did this session was help the Texas Senate find us more water, cancel some school tests and save tax money.
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