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
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