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Obama's EPA Pick Must Restore Integrity: Senators
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, ENVIRONMENT, obama )

Cal
- 1588 days ago - reuters.com
Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, needs to restore integrity to a department that fallen into disrepute, Democratic senators said
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Bush Administration's Uranium Mining Decision Could Affect Tribes
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, BLM, Bush, Mining, Culture, Society, Environment, bushadministration, ethics, government, politics )

Kat
- 1598 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the Department of the Interior, in early December eliminated a regulation that gave two congressional committees the power to require the secretary of interior to set aside public lands from...
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Obama Team Primed to Push Climate Change Agenda
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: environment, politics, obama )

Cal
- 1610 days ago - reuters.com
President-elect Barack Obama's new "green dream team" is committed to battling climate change and ready to push for big policy reforms, in stark contrast with the Bush administration, environmental advocates said
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Global Warming: What Priority for Pres.-Elect Obama?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, politics, environment, usa )

Cal
- 1618 days ago - caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com
Apparently, the world is rapidly running out of time to curb global warming. There is a sense among many in the scientific community that global warming is accelerating and becoming a crisis much earlier than expected.
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Environmental Groups, Scientists Cheer Obama Appointments
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: environment, politics )

Cal
- 1618 days ago - latimes.com
With a Nobel physicist and a former EPA chief on board, some expect Obama's White House to break from what they see as the Bush administration's record of overlooking science in favor of politics.
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Kempthorne Affirms 'Special Rule' for Polar Bears
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: CRIMINAL, Environment, global warming, polar bears, extinction, abuse, bushadministration, ethics, politics )

No Forwar
- 1621 days ago - adn.com
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced new rules to reduce the influence of federal scientists on endangered species decisions, he also made permanent a "special rule" that will block steps that could protect threatened polar bears.
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Bush Administration Finalizes Rule; Blocks Crucial Polar Bear Protections
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Polar bears, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Defenders of Wildlife, environment )

Maggie
- 1622 days ago - defenders.org
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced today that it will deny the polar bear the appropriate and necessary protections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “This rule makes a mockery of the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s
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Follow the Money Deep Underground
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: cover-up, energy, politics, usa, environment )

Cal
- 1626 days ago - motherjones.com
For Navajo activist Elouise Brown, there's no such thing as "clean coal."
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Calif. Climate Crusaders Set to Act in Congress
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: u.s., environment, government )

Cal
- 1638 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Waxman joins three others in key positions to advance Obama goals
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Wildlife Groups See End of Bush Environment Abuse
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, environment, u.s., obama, GoodNews )

Cal
- 1650 days ago - reuters.com
U.S. conservation groups on Thursday hailed the imminent end of "environmental abuse and neglect" by the Bush administration and promised to work with President-elect Barack Obama to reverse this course.
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Party Tussle Ensnares Obama's Climate Goals
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, environment, democrats, obama )

Cal
- 1653 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Crucial bipartisan support could erode if Calif. Dem unseats committee chair
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No Wolf Whistles for Sarah Palin's Compassion
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, cruelty, death, endangered, environment, ethics, extinction, habitat, humans, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, society, suffering, wildanimals, abuse, americans, bu )

Wolfweeps
- 1654 days ago - pacificviews.org
Defibrillator usage increased last week after John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate and only a heartbeat from control of the nation's nuclear arsenal. But, shortly after most Republicans were shocked back to life they
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The Prepared Text For Sarah Palin's Love Letter To Big Oil [Updated]»
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Sarah Palin, Alaska, oil profits, BIG OIL, John McCain, George Bush, environment, wildlife, Campaign 2008, Republicans, Neocons, PNAC, war for oil )

Blue
- 1660 days ago - wonkroom.thinkprogress.org
Below is the text of her prepared remarks -- a half-hour love letter to Big Oil.
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VIDEO: Obama And McCain On Climate Change - Where They Stand
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, obama, mccain, elections, environment, conservation, globalwarming, climate-change, wildlife, protection )

Tom
- 1701 days ago - cbsnews.com
Both say they'll join international climate change efforts that the Bush administration has ignored, and will press China and India to cut greenhouse gases. Back home, both would start with modest greenhouse gas reductions, then increase future cutbacks.
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Just Say "NO!" to Land-Grabbing Oil Lobbyists.
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: oil, drilling, energy, environment, bush, McCain, McSame, lies, "damned lies", propoganda, lobbyists )

Clever
- 1735 days ago - action.wilderness.org
Though the media has focused on offshore drilling, the threat to our onshore public lands is also graver than ever. Reckless drilling will do nothing but provide handouts to oil and gas companies while discouraging investment in clean energy technologies.
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