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    March 12, 2010
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    March 24, 2010

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EPA Piecing Together Regulatory Framework for Greenhouse Gas Rules

March 8th, 2010

The EPA is expected to finalize the auto standards -- slated to come in tandem with the Transportation Department's corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) standards -- by March 31. Once greenhouse gases are "subject to regulation" under the Clean Air Act, the agency will also be required to regulate stationary sources of the emissions.

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'Dirty Air Act' Expected to Have Vote this Month

March 1st, 2010

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is expected to push for a vote on her proposal to gut the Clean Air Act this month - possibly as soon as this week.

Comprehensive climate and energy bill draft expected this week

March 1st, 2010

Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC), and Lieberman (I-CT) are expected to release a draft their bipartisan climate and energy bill later this week

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Letters To Haiti Provide A Different Kind Of Help

March 12th, 2010

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By Mandalit del Barco for NPR

When they heard I was going to report in Haiti after the massive earthquake, fifth-graders from Amylynn Robinson's class asked if I could deliver some messages to any children I'd meet. Their letters included drawings of flowers, hearts and rainbows. And they began simply:

"Hello Haiti, nice to meet you."

"Dear Buddy ... "

"Hi there, I'm a child as well."

"Dear friend, I am your friend. I wrote this letter to tell you I care about you."

The children wrote about their school, Balboa Magnet Elementary, a public school in Northridge, Calif., in Northern Los Angeles County, which was the epicenter of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. Although these 10-year-olds were not alive then, many say they've heard stories about the damage in California. So they were sympathetic to kids coping with the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti.

"Because they were one of the poorest countries in the Western atmosphere, it shocked me greatly," Issac Choi said.

"I was like, oh, my gosh," said Joon Lee. "Their buildings were made out of rocks. Many people died, and I feel so sad for them."

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Ex-police Officer Admits Role in Cover-Up of Louisiana Bridge Shooting

March 12th, 2010

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CNN Justice

A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.

Jeffrey Lehrmann, a former police detective who now works as a special agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge that he failed to report a cover-up in the investigation of the Danziger Bridge shootings in New Orleans, the Department of Justice said in a statement Thursday.

Lehrmann also admitted he helped compile a false report on the incidents, and was with others when they planted a gun as part of the cover-up, according to court documents.

Last month, former police Lt. Michael Lohman pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with the cover-up.

Two civilians were killed and four others wounded in the shootings on September 4, 2005, six days after Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast.

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Fossil Fuel Influence Surrounds Senators as Ex-Staffers Turn Lobbyists

March 12th, 2010

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By Stacy Morford for Solve Climate

In the launch yesterday of their Earth Day Revolution for climate action, the Sierra Club and more than 40 other groups talked about the need for “Congress to finally push aside the obstruction of the polluter lobby.”

The Sunlight Foundation shed some light this week on that anti-climate action lobby and just how tightly it is woven into the fabric of Capitol Hill.

The foundation used Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln as an example. She was one of three Senate Democrats to join Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) effort to block the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Lincoln, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, also opposes cap-and-trade legislation and even touts that opposition in her campaignads.

The Sunlight Foundation took a look at lobbyists with personal ties to the congresswoman and found that at least six of Lincoln’s former staff members now lobby for interest groups with a stake in climate regulations, including oil and gas trade groups.

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