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Fight Over Global Warming Bill to Heat Up This Fall

(Aug. 24) -- The simmering Washington debate over global warming is set to heat up this fall, fueled by environmentalists' determination to squeeze climate-change legislation from the current Congress and the oil and gas industry's fervent and cash-laden response. The oil industry spent $75 million lobbying the federal...

Report Makes It Official: Beach Most Screwed by Oil Spill Belongs to Alabama

(July 28) -- There's plenty of bad news to go around in this year's annual beach report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The document, released today, has a special section on stretches of coast affected by the BP oil spill, and one in particular captures the sad story of the disaster's impact on the gulf....