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The GOPs widening effort stop environmental policies by targeting science
2015-05-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Earlier this year, we told you about a strategy that congressional Republicans would increasingly use to attack environmental policies that they dont like. Not only would they go after the actual policies, such as President Obamas proposed carbon-dioxide rules for power plants. They would also try to overhaul the rules that regulators must follow in writing these policies, including how they use scientific data. But now, theres a new front: Congressional Republicans want to shift funding away...
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The GOPs war on science gets worse
2015-05-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Yorker: During last falls midterm election campaign, Im not a scientist became a standard Republican answer to questions about climate change. The line seemed to invite parody, and Stephen Colbert (among others) obliged. He played clips of House Speaker John Boehner, then Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Florida Governor Rick Scott all offering, more or less word for word, the same refrain. Everyone who denies climate change has the same stirring message, Colbert observed. We dont know...
Why the GOPs Attack on Obamas Climate Plan Will Probably Fail
2015-04-16 22:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: This morning, several of the nation`s top environmental lawyers gathered at the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, for the first round of arguments in a pair of lawsuits challenging the cornerstone of President Barack Obama`s climate plan. One of the suits was brought by coal company Murray Energy, the other by a group of a dozen states (all with Republican governors, and all either large producers or consumers of coal); they both contend that the Environmental Protection Agency doesn`t have...
Paul B. Farrell: The GOP's supersecret strategy to defeat Hillary Clinton
2015-01-16 20:06:20| Chemicals - Topix.net
Former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a "Women for Cuomo" campaign event in New York in October. Warren Buffett predicts Hillary Clinton will be the next U.S. president in 2016: "Bet money on it" he told at Fortune's "Most Powerful Women's Summit."
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After GOP's Election Wins, Construction Officials See Hope for Infrastructure Bills
2014-11-05 14:02:05| ENR.com: Headline News
Republicans take Senate control but majority isn't large enough to block filibusters or override vetoes.
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