Crazy Environmental & Global Warming Politics News {Weekly Round-Up}
July 13th, 2011 by Zachary Shahan
As always, there has been a lot of crazy environmental (or anti-environmental) and climate change political news over the past week. Here’s a weekly link drop of what I thought were the top stories:
- House GOP Vote To Block Army Corps Of Engineers From Planning For Climate Change
- Fred Upton Pushes Vote to Kill His Own Light Bulb Efficiency Standards
- Report: Repeal of Lighting Standards Would Jeopardize $12.5 Billion in Consumer Savings
- How Many Republicans Does It Take to Screw Up Our Light Bulb Savings?
- In These Times Publishes Exposé Of Koch-ALEC Plan To Privatize Government And Destroy Public Services
- Exclusive: Al Gore On His ‘Climate Realilty Project’ Launch: “It’s Urgent To Rendezvous With Reality To Save The Future Of Civilization As We Know It.”
- GOP’s Accomplishments This Year: Styrofoam Cups, Little Else
- GOP Wants To Slash EPA Funding To 1990s Levels, Slash Funds For Oil Spill Prevention
- Australian government unveils radical carbon tax plan
- GOP Pushes Bill Giving Czarlike Powers To Department Of Homeland Security To Pollute And Desecrate
- Federal Agency Captured By Gas and Pipeline Industry
- Gas Industry Spent “Staggering” Amount Lobbying in Pennsylvania Last Year
- NC Gov. Bev Perdue Vetoes Offshore Drilling, Embraces Offshore Wind
- Climate Denier Paul Gosar Blames Arizona Wildfires On ‘Extreme Environmental Groups’
- WRI’s Jonathan Lash Slams Obama for Not Debunking “Misinformation and Outright Lies About Climate Change,”
- Climate change will increase threat of war, Chris Huhne to warn
- Europe paves way for GM crop bans
- GM wheat a threat to farmers: Greenpeace
More political stories on clean and dirty tech here: 13 Clean & Dirty Tech Policy & Politics News Stories
More stories to share? You can add links in the comments below!
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Zachary Shahan is the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular cleantech-focused website in the world, and Planetsave, a world-leading green and science news site. He has been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and he has been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, and wind energy since 2009. Aside from his work on CleanTechnica and Planetsave, he's the founder and director of Solar Love, EV Obsession, and Bikocity. To connect with Zach on some of your favorite social networks, go to ZacharyShahan.com and click on the relevant buttons.
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