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• Gore Urges Change to Dodge an Energy Crisis
  N.Y. Times-- Former Vice President Al Gore announced a new challenge to wean the nation from its entire electricity grid to carbon-free energy within 10 years. [Read more]
• Obama shifts stance on environmental issues
  USA Today-- In May 1998, at the urging of the state's coal industry, the Illinois Legislature passed a bill condemning the Kyoto global warming treaty and forbidding state efforts to regulate greenhouse gases. Barack Obama voted "aye." [Read more]
• House Republicans Block Democratic Effort on Oil Leases, Calling the Bill a Sham
  N.Y. Times-- House Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to pressure energy companies into drilling for oil on lands they already leased from the federal government, calling the legislation a sham. [Read more]
• Oil 'drill bill' defeated; U.S. opens up 2.6 million acres in Alaska
  USA Today-- A Democratic plan to spur oil drilling on federal lands where energy companies already hold leases was defeated today. [Read more]
• Rep. Gordon votes for drill bill
  The Murfreesboro Post-- Chair of the House Committee on Science and Technology, Rep. Bart Gordon voted for legislation to increase domestic drilling. [Read more]
• OC representative introduces bill to allow offshore drilling
  OCRegister-- Rep. Ken Calvert introduced a bill Thursday to allow drilling off the coast of California. [Read more]
• Rohrabacher Introduces Emergency Solar Power Bill
  Press Release-- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher introduced a new bill to expedite the process to approve solar project applications. [Read more]
• EPA finds global warming a health threat
  L.A. Times-- Climate change will pose "substantial" health threats including heat waves, hurricanes and pathogens in coming decades, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. [Read more]
• The distraction of offshore drilling
  L.A. Times-- There is no quick fix to $4.50-a-gallon gas, no way to provide instant relief to consumers we know are hurting. Yet President Bush and others continue to push the false promise of offshore oil drilling. [Read more]
• F.D.A. Lifts Tomato Warning
  N.Y. Times-- The FDA revoked its warning against eating certain kinds of raw tomatoes Thursday, even though officials said they had yet to pinpoint the source of the nation’s largest foodborne outbreak in the last decade. [Read more]
• Environmentalists sue EPA for cleaner water rules
  Washington Times-- Five environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, claiming the federal government is violating the Clean Water Act by failing to set standards for farm and urban runoff that is polluting Florida's waterways. [Read more]
• Prospect of delayed spectrum auction riles key lawmaker
  NextGov-- Plans for the so-called D-block spectrum sale are now mired in controversy over how the do-over should be conducted. [Read more]
• Decennial census could cost billions more
  NextGov-- The Census Bureau's calculation for how much the 2010 census will cost is flawed and the total price tag for the decennial count could be billions of dollars more, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office. [Read more]
• California raises standards for green buildings
  L.A. Times-- California issued new building standards Thursday, which state officials said would push developers to reduce the energy use of buildings by 15% and target a 50% reduction in water for landscaping. [Read more]
• State Supreme Court gives new protection to endangered species
  L.A. Times-- The California Supreme Court gave new protection to the state's endangered species Thursday, ruling unanimously that developers, loggers and other commercial interests may be required to compensate for unforeseen wildlife losses. [Read more]
• Texas approves massive new wind power project
  Business Week-- Texas officials gave preliminary approval Thursday to the nation's largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring wind energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas. [Read more]
• Coal Talk Lacking ‘Green’
  Times Record-- Environmentalists have been barred from participating in an industry-sponsored conference that will examine Arkansas’ role in the development and use of clean coal technologies, a spokesman for the Sierra Club said Wednesday. [Read more]
• Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?
  Wired- If the most dire climate predictions come to pass, the Arctic ice cap will melt entirely, and polar bears could face extinction. So why not pack a few off to Antarctica, where the sea ice will never run out? [Read more]
• For Pelosi, a Fight Against Offshore Drilling
  N.Y. Times--Upon entering Congress in 1987, Representative Nancy Pelosi quickly became part of the solid California front against oil drilling along much of the nation’s coast. [Read more]
• Interior Dept. Opens 2.6 Million Alaskan Acres for Oil Exploration
  N.Y. Times--The Interior Department on Wednesday made 2.6 million acres of potentially oil-rich territory in northern Alaska available for energy exploration. [Read more]
• Senate poised to lift ban on visitors with AIDS
  Washington Times--The Senate agreed Wednesday to spend $48 billion to fight AIDS globally during the next five years - a measure that included a provision to lift a 21-year-old ban on foreigners with HIV/AIDS entering the United States. [Read more]
• Senate Agrees to $50 Billion AIDS Plan
  Washington Post--The Senate approved legislation yesterday that would triple funding to fight AIDS and other diseases around the globe, rejecting efforts to pare down the bill's $50 billion price tag. [Read more]
• Rule Drafted for Carbon Trapping
  N.Y. Times--The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday a first draft of a rule that will govern injecting carbon dioxide into underground storage. [Read more]
• Lawmaker: Energy crisis greater threat than terrorism
  The Hill--Rep. John Peterson (R-Pa.) said Wednesday that the nation’s energy problem “is more important and threatening to America’s future than terrorism.” [Read more]
• S. 1693 promotes use of electronic records
  The Hill--Sen. Mike Enzi on the importance of electronic medical records. [Read more]