Yesterday’s New York Times had excellent investigative stories about two of today’s major news stories. First, Nicholas Confessore, David Kocieniewski and Michael Luo give you the real inside story on how the IRS managed, or more accurately mismanaged, operations in its Exempt Organizations Division in Cincinnati that has resulted in all the partisan turmoil in […]
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Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis continues to lead the effort to promote a responsible business model for addressing climate change that is the biggest threat to our state’s future tourism economy. He might have lost his re-election some years ago partially because of his willingness to tell the truth about climate change, but he
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By Bruce Smith, Associated Press | Associated Press April 29, 2013 GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding
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I have some good news or some bad news for you. It all depends on your political disposition. If you are in favor of severe austerity measures to shrink the evil national budget deficit or if you believe that the Environmental Protection Agency has overused its powers to control greenhouse gasses, this is a doubly
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February 1, 2013 By ANDREA KAY , Gannett Let me say at the outset that I am not a climate-change expert. I am a big believer in trends as a way to discover and create your next job and stay valuable in a marketplace that can change as fast as the weather. And that brings
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The remarkably good news today was that researches participating in a large federal project to map the genetic changes involved in cancers, have identified four distinct types of breast cancer. Hopefully it will just be a matter of time and more scientific research to develop more effective treatments for breast cancer that kills over 35,000
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July was officially the hottest month for the United State’s 48 contiguous states—3.3 degrees above the average. Those high temperatures also contributed to the country’s warmest 12-month period every recorded. Jake Crouch of the National Climatic Data Center says that it’s more than just daytime highs that scientists are looking at. He says that “we
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The Hill’s Congress BlogJuly 31, 2012 By Frances Beinecke, president, Natural Resources Defense Council On Wednesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works committee takes up the important issue of climate change science and adaptation. Hopefully, it’s a first step toward some real solutions to address record heat, drought, storms and other effects of climate change
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