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Democrat to Republicans: Climate Hearing Will Be on Science, Not Politics
2013-07-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Senate Environment Committees top Democrat is rejecting GOP calls to force Obama administration officials to defend the new White House climate plan at a hearing next week. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Thursday that next weeks hearing will focus on climate science testimony from outside experts, but that federal officials would appear in the future. Im trying to keep politics out of this first hearing, and trying to focus in on non-political people who are scientists to give us...
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How To Convince Republicans To Support A Carbon Tax
2013-07-08 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: Just 44% of Republicans think there is "solid evidence" of climate change, according to a March Pew poll. Another poll this spring found 58% of Republicans think climate change is a "hoax." Yet the R Street Institute, a free-market think tank, hopes to rally conservatives to support a carbon tax as an alternative to regulatory approaches being implemented by the Obama Administration. Reihan Salam, Senior Fellow at R Street, sat down with me to discuss how you sell a carbon tax to a group of...
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Republicans Pledge To the Kochs That They Will Oppose Any Climate Change Bill
2013-07-06 18:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PoliticusUSA: It is a fairly safe bet that if one polled 100 Americans and asked if they supported clean air and water, and some means of controlling the devastating weather events, few would opt for foul air, polluted water, and more intense weather unless there were Republican politicians taking part in the survey. Republicans love to pledge allegiance to causes like never raising taxes, preventing same-sex couples from marrying, and nearly any cause promoting inequality, and now they are signing on to a new...
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Political ambitions motivate Republicans in Texas abortion fight
2013-07-02 18:41:23| Electronics - Topix.net
The fight over Texas' sweeping anti-abortion bill is about women's lives, obviously.
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Obama's environmental nominee in jeopardy from Senate Republicans
2013-06-28 00:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama made a plea this week for the U.S. Senate to confirm his choice to head the agency that will oversee the core of his new climate change plan, but nominee Gina McCarthy's prospects seem increasingly in doubt. McCarthy was nominated by Obama in March to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she is currently the top air quality official. She has yet to receive a vote in the full U.S. Senate after narrowly being approved by the Senate Committee for the Environment...
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