Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man"
"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."
Source: Washington Monthly, 06/12/2009
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FEMA Measures Climate Impact on Flood Insurance
"Federal officials are struggling to calculate the fiscal impact that climate change could have on the nation's troubled public flood insurance program, amid predictions of intensifying downpours and more potent hurricanes."
Source: ClimateWire, 06/12/2009
"Interior Report Shows Flawed Utah Lease Sale"
"The Interior Department released a report today outlining flaws in the process used last year to auction oil and gas leases in Utah and calling for a comprehensive regional air-quality strategy and a review to decide whether to reinstate the parcels."
Source: Greenwire, 06/12/2009
"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals"
"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."
Source: AP, 06/12/2009
"Departments to Toughen Standards for Mining"
"The Obama administration said Thursday that it would toughen standards for mountaintop-removal coal mining but would not end the practice as some environmental groups had hoped."
Source: NYTimes, 06/12/2009
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The Joy Of A Personal Blog, Or Becoming A 'Blog Mama'
By WENDEE HOLTCAMP
And so it was, I found myself in May 2005 a Ph.D. candidate at a prestigious university with a new full-time research job, a super-cute surfer-mountain-climber boyfriend and a 10-year freelance writing career under my belt.
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THE WEATHER MAKERS
By Tim Flannery
Atlantic Monthly Press, $25
Reviewed by JIM MOTAVALLI
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