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06.22.2009 9:00 pm

The time to address global warming is yesterday.

Remember all that talk about how global warming was going to change our lives? It already has.
A new federal report on the impact of climate change condenses the latest science from a variety of disciplines. Among the findings:
• Heavy downpours are…

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12.11.2008 6:03 pm

Bush strikes again: The Endangered Species Act takes a hit

The Associated Press is reporting this afternoon that President George W. Bush is issuing rules changes that diminish the scope of the Endangered Species Act. The rules reduce the input of scientists, eliminate some mandatory reviews and prevent the ESA from…

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11.02.2008 9:01 pm

A last minute push to loosen federal rules

With most of the nation focused on a historic presidential campaign and election, Bush administration officials have been busy preparing parting gifts for their friends in private industry.
They’re scrambling to rewrite scores of federal regulations. Among the goals: to allow…

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06.24.2008 9:01 pm

Wednesday editorial: Global warming turns 20

calving1_opt.jpgTwenty years ago this week, a then-unknown NASA scientist named James E. Hansen ushered global warming from the realm of climatology into the hot house of public policy.
He did it in testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered…

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