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House Energy Chair Upton Denies Human Role In Climate Change (VIDEO)

Which has a stronger influence on human thinking -- power, money, ideology, or science? House Energy Chairman Fred Upton's recent denial that humans are causing climate change casts science as the weakling in the ring. His switch comes even as new documents reveal that the Bush White House overruled EPA science findings on climate -- even though former EPA head Stephen Johnson testified under oath to the contrary.

Source: Huffington Post, 02/09/2011

Salazar, Chu Announce New $50.5 Million Plan for Offshore Wind

"The Obama administration announced Monday that it could begin leasing sites off the coasts of Virginia and three other states for wind energy development by the end of the year."

Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 02/08/2011

"Corporate America's Public Enemy No. 1: The EPA"

"On Monday, House oversight committee chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released more than 100 letters he has received from corporations, trade groups, and associations outlining the regulations they'd like to see changed. The letters make clear that the Environmental Protection Agency is corporate America's top target."

Source: Mother Jones, 02/08/2011

"Food Costs At Record High As U.N. Warns Of Volatile Era"

"Record high global food prices showed no sign of relenting following a rash of catastrophic weather, highlighted by a major U.S. snowstorm and a cyclone in Australia, which could put yet more pressure on prices and spark further unrest around the world."

Monday, February 7, 2011

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"A Dot on the Map, Until the Earth Started Shaking"

Since early fall 2010 there have been thousands of minor earthquakes around Guy, Arkansas. Some residents think the earthquake swarm is connected to the onset of gas drilling in the local shale formation.

Source: NY Times, 02/07/2011

"Koch Brother Now at Heart of GOP Power"

"The billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch no longer sit outside Washington's political establishment, isolated by their uncompromising conservatism. Instead, they are now at the center of Republican power, a change most evident in the new makeup of the House Energy and Commerce Committee."

Source: Tribune Washington Bureau, 02/07/2011

Regulators Won't Disclose Spill-Response Info on Oil-Sands Pipeline

"Federal regulators have declined to release emergency response details and worst-case spill estimates for a pipeline system that carries Canadian oil-sands crude to the United States, drawing charges of excessive secrecy from the advocacy group that sought the data."

Source: Greenwire, 02/07/2011

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House Energy Chair Upton Denies Human Role In Climate Change (VIDEO)

Salazar, Chu Announce New $50.5 Million Plan for Offshore Wind

"Corporate America's Public Enemy No. 1: The EPA"

"Food Costs At Record High As U.N. Warns Of Volatile Era"

"A Dot on the Map, Until the Earth Started Shaking"

"Koch Brother Now at Heart of GOP Power"

Regulators Won't Disclose Spill-Response Info on Oil-Sands Pipeline

"The Hazy Anatomy of a Potential 'Game-Changer' in Automobiles"

NEPA Reviews Could Stall Deepwater Drilling Projects in Gulf

"Shell Halts Its Plans for Arctic Project"

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