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Sierra Club & NRDC Urge Calls to White House about Clean Air Rules and New Source Review, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are urging their members to call the White House January 17 and ask the President to not "reward his campaign contributors by rolling back the Clean Air Act." This is ...
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Antarctica Cooling Despite Supposed Global Warming, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Nature magazine online reports January 14 that studies show temperatures on the continent of Antarctica have been falling 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade since the mid-l980s. This disputes earlier claims that temperatures were rising in Antarctica, but earlier readings ...
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Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...
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President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: President Bush, speaking January 22 at a factory in Belle, West Virginia, emphasized the need for quick passage of the energy bill being held up in the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). The President said, "This nation ...
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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that he is recommending to President Bush that the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository be opened for storing the nation's nuclear waste ­ waste that currently is now in nearly 100 locations ...
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Teamster Chief James Hoffa Warns Politicians In Both Parties Not To Stand In The Way Of Oil Exploration In Alaska, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: On the issue of oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa told The National Center for Public Policy Research, "ANWR provides expanded energy resources and increased job opportunities ...
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Associated Press Misleads Public With Headline Saying “Study: Drilling Threatens Wildlife,” by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: An Associated Press story by Josef Herbert with the headline cited above spends 15 paragraphs explaining how a U.S. Geological Survey study shows how oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would threaten wildlife there. It is only ...
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Senate Democrats’ Energy Bill Promotes Global Warming Theory, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), joined by Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), recently introduced an energy bill (S.1766, "The Energy Policy Act of 2002") which includes a number of claims on global warming. Below are our responses, using scientific ...
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Global Warming: Latest National Academies of Science Study Poorly Reported

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BACKGROUND: Both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported on December 12, 2001 that a soon-to-be-released study by the National Academies' National Research Council will claim man-made carbon dioxide increases the chance for sudden, dramatic increase in the ...
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Rep. Markey Misses the Mark on Nuclear Safety

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DATE: November 30, 2001 BACKGROUND: Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) has made misleading statements regarding the resistance of U.S. nuclear power plants to terrorist attacks. Rebuttal statements come from a National Center for Public Policy Research paper written by nuclear scientists ...
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