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WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Background: America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) President and CEO Regina Hopper issued the following statement on the energy and climate legislative plan offered today by Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman.
We appreciate the work Senators Kerry and Lieberman have done to advance a cleaner, more secure energy future for the United States. While continuing to review the proposal, we look forward to working with members of the Senate, and all stakeholders, to ensure that any legislation capitalizes on the vast potential clean, American natural gas has to fuel our nation's power plants, industrial plants and vehicles.
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To: FOREIGN EDITORS
Contact: Brendan Daly, Nadeam Elshami or Drew Hammill of Office of the Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616
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In acknowledgment of the important contribution nuclear power can make in meeting energy needs and addressing the challenge of climate change, Australia and the United States agree on enhancing bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation and supporting the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). GNEP is a multilateral initiative the United States launched to expand the safe and secure use of zero-carbon emission nuclear energy worldwide.
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Today has a good chance to reach 100 in Roanoke.
It almost made it Thursday, when the temperature at Roanoke Regional Airport climbed to 99 after 5 p.m. (The first official daily climate statement is issued at 5 p.m., so the weather graphic on page 2 shows the high at 98.)
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WASHINGTON -- The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S. 3036) today failed to garner a 60 vote supermajority necessary to advance the legislation ...
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SOUND SCIENCE COUNTS itself as one of the many victims of the Bush administrations assault on reason, and sound science is fighting back-finally, with support from Congress. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on Feb. 7 to explore allegations that the government has attempted to censor 150 climate scientists by pressuring them to delete references to "global warming" or "climate change" from scientific papers and reports, and avoid talking with the media.
The scientist statement makes clear that while science is rarely the only factor in public policy decisions, this input should be objective and impartial," says Francesca Grifo, the director of the UCS's Scientific Integrity Program. "Sustained protest ...
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WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alliance for Climate Protection Founder and Chairman Al Gore issued the following statement on tonight's President Obama's Oval Office address:
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100217/ACPLOGO-a )
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Last month, the Maryland State Board of Education adopted a policy requiring students to exhibit "environmental lit- eracy" to graduate from high school. In other words, students will be required to take courses on such topics as "smart growth," conservation and, undoubtedly, the adverse effects of climate change. In his statement announcing the change, Gov. Martin O'Malley applauded the new requirement and remarked how important it is for our graduates to have "a keen understanding of and connection to the natural world.
Something is terribly wrong with this picture. While few would object to students being well-schooled in good environmental practices, shouldn't we be more concerned about what our students aren't learning? The recently released National Assessment of Education Progre...
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Ryan Cunningham, +1- 202-295-0164, for The Alliance for Climate Protection
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On 17 July 2007, the Government released its much anticipated "Climate Change Policy - our economy, our environment, our future". The policy statement...