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U.S. Presses Taliban on Qatar Office in Bid to Save Talks June 19, 2013

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Michael Hastings, Award-Winning Journalist, Dies at 33 June 19, 2013

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Op-ed: House vote on EPA bill ‘an insult to all Americans’

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

A bill passed by a House subcommittee would prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Library of Congress photo.

Republican measure would limit EPA’s ability to protect air quality and curb greenhouse gases

By Bob Berwyn

SUMMIT COUNTY — When it comes to climate change, who are you going to believe — Republican politicians who rely heavily on campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry, or a group of scientists focused on ethics and science-based policy?

Since the scientists don’t really stand to gain or lose, at least financially, from decisions made in Congress, it stands to reason that they might be slightly more credible, and their reaction to a House subcommittee approval of a bill that would block the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases speaks volumes. (more…)

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