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Mexico City's Bike Revolution (By Ignacio de los Reyes, BBC News, 2/20/12) Has the United States beaten peak oil? Not so fast. (By Brad Plumer, The Washington Post - WonkBlog, 2/17/12) Secret papers turn up heat on global-warming deniers: Purloined, secret documents suggest the Heartland Institute could have lobbying plans, in violation of IRS rules (By Nina Burleigh, Salon.com - Global Warming, 2/17/12) Climate science attack machine took donations from major corporations: Much of Heartland Institute's work funded by one anonymous donor, but some corporations also gave cash, documents show (By Suzanne Goldenberg and Dominic Rushe, The [UK] Guardian, 2/16/12) Iran's saber rattling over oil shows that the energy crisis is still with us (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Business, 2/15/12) CONFIRMED: Anti-Science Blogger Admits Heartland Institute's ‘Special Project' To Distort Temperature Data (By Brad Johnson, Think Progress - Green Blog, 2/15/12) Oil slips below $101 a barrel amid conflicting reports on Iran's crude exports to Europe (The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post - Business, 2/15/12) Climate sceptics - who gets paid what? Leaked documents show US thinktank the Heartland Institute has been making payments to experts and scientists to cast doubt on climate science. Here, we profile some of the figures (By Leo Hickman, The [UK] Guardian, 2/15/12) Iran threatens to cut some oil exports to Europe, touts nuclear advances (By Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post - World, 2/15/12) Oil prices jump to near $102 in Europe as Iran announces halt of oil exports to 6 EU countries (The Associated Press as reported by The Washington Post, 2/14/12) The Tea Party's war on mass transit: House Republicans try to gut federal funds for subways as they extend the culture wars to urban policy issues (By Will Doig, Salon.com - Global Warming, 2/13/12) Climate Change May Bring '100-Year Storms' Every 3 Years (By Stephen Messenger, Treehugger.com - Climate Change, 2/13/12) |