abcnews.go.com - 12/10/2008
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'We Can't Kill the Business Climate,' Says Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) By TEDDY DAVIS Dec. 9, 2008 One of Barack Obama's closest allies in the Senate said Tuesday that she hopes the economic downturn can induce the incoming president to delay the centerpiece of his plan for reducing ...
npr.org - 12/18/2008
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npr.org —
And Food Morning Edition , December 18, 2008
When President-elect Barack Obama nominated former Iowa Gov. Tom...
Vilsack as his secretary of agriculture, he praised Vilsack's knowledge of both agriculture and energy. But author Michael Pollan says the ...
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Michael Pollan On Vilsack, Agriculture — And Food
blogs.sciencemag.org - 12/18/2008
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John Holdren Credit: AAAS Strong indications are that
President-elect Barack Obama has picked physicist John Holdren to...
be the president's science adviser. A top adviser to the Obama campaign and international expert on energy and climate, Holdren ...
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Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science ...
salon.com - 12/4/2008
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salon.com —
Dec. 4, 2008 | Has any U.S. president
come into office with higher expectations from foreign countries?...
Perhaps the greatest expectation is that Barack Obama will reverse George W. Bush's all-too-successful eight-year effort to thwart international ...
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Obama, China, global warming
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Why is McCaskill off the res?
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... The panel was focused on Obama's first 100 days. McCaskill -- a key Senate ally of Obama's and the first female Senator to endorse him in the primary -- said that Obama has to focus on the economy, and that may mean delaying cap-and-trade. Reports ABC News: ...
NY Times Reports Failure of Cap & Trade
It's Getting Hot In Here —
... Whether U.S. cap and trade legislation is dead remains to the be seen. What is certain is that it will be delayed indefinitely, as one of Obama’s closest allies in the Senate said this Tuesday. But action on energy and climate cannot be delayed any further. It is imperative that Obama and the new Congress embrace an alternative strategy — investing ...
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