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Paterson: Auctioning carbon
Spin CycleNot sexy, but interesting, maybe even productive: Paterson launches a regional initiative to combat global warming by auctioning off CO2 allowances at the NY Merc. Read the release after the jump.......Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, Florida, Global Warming, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Clean the Air With Your Own Personal CO2 Scrubber
KickingTiresThose intrepid Canadians are up to their environmental hijinks again. Scientists at the University of Calgary have built a machine that will suck carbon dioxide out of the air in an attempt to mitigate the effects of climate change. The......Tags: Apple iPhone, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Weather
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Video: Climate change
Spin CycleHere's one of the exchanges, on climate change:......Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Weather
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Climate change: The quote
Spin CycleHere's what Palin said in response to the question on climate change: ???We know it's real, I'm not one to attribute every activity of man to the changes in the climate. There is something to be said also for man's......Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Global Change, Weather
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Exploding myth of 1970s global cooling "consensus"
Maryland WeatherWhen global warming skeptics set out to undermine the current scientific consensus that the planet is warming up, they often point to a 1975 article in Newsweek magazine that was titled 'The cooling world.' The story cited research on increasing......Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Global Change
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Paulson says China's role critical
The Swampby James Oliphant As the credit crunch has struck markets worldwide, one lingering question has been how the turmoil will affect China's burgeoning economy. Tuesday evening in New York, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spoke about China's economic...Tags: Government, Economic Policy, Financial Markets, Executive Branch, National Government
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Obama names national-security team
The Swampby Frank James President-elect Barack Obama is announcing his national security team this morning. There are no surprises, all are people whose names were leaked in recent weeks. They are: Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, selecting Defense.....Tags: Law Enforcement, Politics, James Jones (football), Genocide, Arizona
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Solar-Powered Car Finishes Trip Around the World
KickingTiresLouis Palmer, a 36-year-old Swiss school teacher, has completed the first journey around the world in a solar-powered car, arriving at the United Nations on Thursday in the middle of talks on climate change. Palmer drove the two-seater hauling a......Tags: Vehicles, Education, Trips and Vacations, Conservation, Global Change
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Hillary: Answers
Spin CycleClinton is delivering her opening statement -- delivering a lecture on the importance of diplomacy and "smart power," which unfortunately she didn't seem to grasp when she voted to go to war in Iraq in 2002. Her opening statement is......Tags: Defense Equipment, Law Enforcement, Economic Policy, Politics, Education
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Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State-to-be
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated We are hearing familiar words today, at the Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing for Sen. Hillary Clinton's nomination as secretary of state -- words heard in President Bush's many various statements on the potential of....Tags: Law Enforcement, Defense Equipment, Economic Policy, Education, Politics
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Gore: Obama stimulus good for climate
The Swampby Frank James Former Vice President Al Gore was on Capitol Hill today delivering more of his inconvenient truths. He did an updated version of his documentary for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That meant the last two unsuccessful......Tags: Education, Politics, Natural Resources, Georgia, Richard Lugar
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Greens: No to Acampora, Brown
Spin CycleIn an item yesterday, we wondered about Gov. Paterson's reappointment of Pat Acampora and Garry Brown to the Public Service Commission, because both seemed to have Republican patrons and a high comfort level with Pataki deregulatory policy. Today, the.......Tags: David Paterson, Government, Politics, Civil and Public Service, Executive Branch
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