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08.20.2009 3:11 pm

Skelton: Time to view climate change as a security issue

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Rep. Ike Skelton

Rep. Ike Skelton

WASHINGTON — Perhaps no Missourian in Washington wields more clout than Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Skelton, of Lexington, is a distinctly moderate Democrat seldom mistaken for an environmentalist. In battles over the Missouri River that flows…

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07.08.2009 4:57 pm

Luetkemeyer aims at UN ‘junk science’

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer

WASHINGTON — Missouri Republicans are in the thick of the Washington fight to defeat global warming legislation, and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer opened up a new front this afternoon with legislation to strip funding from the UN group overseeing climate research.

Along…

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08.30.2008 9:54 am

Palin on climate change: ‘Whaddya mean we caused it?”

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

ST. PAUL, Minn. — If you’re an environmental advocate, you might be happy to know that the vice president doesn’t get the final word.

In picking Sarah Palin for his running mate, John McCain didn’t seem to mind that he and Alaska’s governor take …

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