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UPDATED: Texas lt. gov. candidate Patrick acknowledges depression treatment in '80s
2014-05-16 21:07:12| Electronics - Topix.net
An already rancorous Republican primary runoff for lieutenant governor escalated again Friday following leaked court documents showing that front-runner Dan Patrick was hospitalized for depression in the 1980s.
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Gov Mead begs for coals rescue while denying man's role in climate crisis
2014-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WyoFiles: Against the backdrop of dire climate reports (climate change is a growing national security threat, the inevitable loss of the Western Antarctic ice sheet will surpass the predicted rate of sea level rise) what seems to scare Wyomings top elected officials the most is what it means for the states coal mining industry. The mining industry and the $1.2 billion in annual revenue Wyoming reaps from it are indeed under threat. After peaking at more than 460 million tons in 2008, Wyoming coal production...
Gov. Brown says UC divestment from coal is a possibility
2014-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown suggested Thursday that UC should study the possibility of divesting its endowment of any connection to the coal industry, a move that could echo a recent decision by Stanford University. Concerned that fossil fuel burning is hastening climate change, student activists are urging the UC regents to sell off holdings in the largest such companies from the university system`s $7.7 billion general endowment fund. In the past, UC administrators said they were reluctant to do so because...
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley vetoes bill delaying wind farm projects
2014-05-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) on Friday vetoed a bill that would have delayed -- and likely derailed -- a proposed wind farm in Somerset County, saying the legislation would send "a chilling message' to the clean-energy industry if it became law. The governor's decision was praised by environmentalists and some officials on the Eastern Shore as a way to bring much-needed jobs and green energy to a part of the state that is struggling economically. But it ran counter to the wishes of U.S....
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Showtime film on climate change puts Gov. Inslee in favorable activist light
2014-05-14 23:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Tribune: The nine-part Showtime series "Years of Living Dangerously' began airing in April. A segment looking at efforts by Gov. Jay Inslee to enact state policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Washington aired this week. In the 58-minute piece, Inslee comes off as a man with eyes open wide to climate change dangers and strongly motivated to do something about it. That is in sharp contrast to his Republican counterpart, Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey, who is portrayed in the episode as not interested...
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