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 [THE GREAT WHITE BEAR SPEAKS] TAKE A DAY OFF AND THINGS JUST START PILING UP!: The intended recipients of $120 million was the Collier family of Naples, Florida. Years ago, this family sold 400,000 acres of Everglades swamp to the Interior Dept. Bear in mind that the Collier family has always been one of the largest financial supporters of the various Bush family political campaigns.

 [Peak Oil News] Breaking That Dirty Oil Habit: But there are huge debates about ethanol's economic viability. The Federal Government provides a 51¢ tax exemption to gasoline refiners for every gallon of ethanol used, to keep the product competitive. (Conservative activist Gray points out that the oil industry has long enjoyed far larger tax breaks.) And now, Senate mandate aside, Illinois Senator Barack Obama has slipped an amendment into the energy bill providing a $30,000 tax credit to encourage gas stations to pump "E85," an 85% blend of ethanol and gas used by so-called flexible-fuel vehicles.

 [GreeneThoughts] Will the Coverups and Crimes Ever Stop?: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A White House official, who previously worked for the American Petroleum Institute, has repeatedly edited government climate reports in a way that downplays links between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

[Talkingpointsmemo.com] Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: the Bush adminsitration needed a lot of convincing not to sign the Kyoto global warming treaty. But this is the lede in a piece just out from The Guardian: "President's George Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian."

[Assortedstuff.com] AssortedStuff: W and his friends don’t believe in global warming. So, when some nasty old scientists provide research suggesting that it might actually be happening, the administration springs into action.

 [Mustelid.blogspot.com] Stoat: Looking at: www.globalwarming.org: Balling, Arizona State University). I don't think thats true: http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/figspm-1.htm. But more than that, they are ignoring the vast bulk of attribution analysis which say things like "Statistical assessments confirm that natural variability (the combination of internal and naturally forced) is unlikely to explain the warming in the latter half of the 20th century".

[Theconnexion.net] connexions » Blog Archive » Global Warming Links: In New Hampshire a rule requires fossil fuel plants to reduce emissions of four pollutants, including carbon dioxide. Reductions are to 1990 levels of carbon dioxide emissions by 2010 (consistent with the Climate Change Action Plan adopted by the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers).

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