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New BP chief slams 'rush to judgment' on spill: Dudley blames media, rivals for creating climate of fear (By Tom Bergin, Reuters as reported by MSNBC.com, 10/25/10) California voters likely to keep global warming law, toss two-thirds budget passage: Prop. 23, which would suspend new emissions standards until unemployment drops, trails 48% to 32% among likely voters. Prop. 25, allowing a legislative majority to pass a budget, has 58% support (By Evan Halper, The Los Angeles Times, 10/25/10) Tea Party climate change deniers funded by BP and other major polluters: Midterm election campaigns of Tea Party favourites DeMint and Inhofe have received over $240,000 (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian, 10/24/10) Massive stretches of weathered oil spotted in Gulf of Mexico (By Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune, 10/23/10) Toxicologist now dealing with at least three autopsies in Gulf - "People who's esophaguses are dissolving.. these people have oil in their bodies" (VIDEO) (Interview of Riki Ott, FloridaOilSpillLaw.com, 10/23/10) Lawsuit seeks to revive deepwater drilling ban (The Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News, 10/23/10) $700,000 from Gates to help protect CA climate law (The Sacramento Bee as reported by Wyoming Tribune Eagle, 10/21/10) NOAA: Warming Arctic unlikely to return to how it was (By Renee Schoof, McClatchy News, 10/21/10) Expect an extreme winter, U.S. forecasters warn: Northwest told to expect harsh conditions; South drier, even drought in places (MSNBC staff and news service reported, 10/21/10) Review: Chevy Volt - electrifying -- GM has succeeded in making an outside-the-box electric vehicle that's alluring almost any way you look at it, including under the hood (By Susan Carpenter, The Los Angeles Times as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 10/20/10) |