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		<title>Breaking: BP Spill is Over, Oil is Gone, Problem Solved</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo via Free Extras

According to some of the mainstream media, anyway
After taking a look back to assess the media's coverage of the BP spill this week, I think only one internet-born acronym will suffice to convey my opinion. And that, of course, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Not Waiting For National Action, Western Climate Initiative Carbon Trading Scheme Moves Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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photo: Franco Folini via flickr

Even though it often seems that even mentioning climate change or pricing carbon on a national basis is an utter nonstarter, here's another example of how states aren't waiting for the Feds to get their act together: T...]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Need to Reform the Filibuster to Fight Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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They may seem like two disparate topics: climate change and an archaic Senate procedural rule. But they have more in common than you might think. Thanks to the Senate filibuster rule, essentially any piece of legislation needs 60 votes, a super-major...]]></description>
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		<title>BP to Rebrand Gas Stations Across US &#8211; to Amoco?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo via DC Kaleidoscope

You probably haven't seen many Amoco gas stations on the side of the road for a while. That's because BP merged with the 'American Oil Co.' in the 90s, the British company's logo and namesake took over. As a result, all Amoc...]]></description>
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		<title>The US Media Still Failing on Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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I've taken to writing with some frequency about the mainstream media's failure to cover climate change. Among the many reasons I do so is, well, because of the mainstream media's persistent and rather abhorrent failure to cover climate change. Make s...]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Refutes Challenges to its Ability to Regulate Carbon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo via Celsias

A total of 10 petitions, including one from the US Chamber of Commerce, were sent to the EPA challenging its 2009 ruling that it can regulate greenhouse gases as a harmful pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Today, those 10 petitions...]]></description>
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		<title>California&#8217;s &#8216;Controversial&#8217; Climate Law Supported by Overwhelming Majority</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Image via a Green Living

You'd be forgiven for thinking that AB 32, California's climate change law, was truly controversial. Republican candidates running for office this year have taken to publicly bashing it, calling it a job killer and worse. And...]]></description>
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		<title>Why the BP Spill Hasn&#8217;t Invigorated Environmentalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo via Boston

In 1969, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California released a few million gallons of oil into marine ecosystems -- eight months later, it was among the primary catalysts for the biggest pro-environmental movement in the...]]></description>
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		<title>BP CEO Tony Hayward&#8217;s Parting Shot: &quot;Life Isn&#8217;t Fair&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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It was a surprise to absolutely nobody when news surfaced this week that BP's gaffe-prone CEO Tony Hayward would be resigning in coming months (that he'd be snagging a handsome $17 million pension for a job not-so-well-done ...]]></description>
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		<title>BP CEO Tony Hayward&#8217;s Parting Shot: &quot;Life Isn&#8217;t Fair&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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It was a surprise to absolutely nobody when news surfaced this week that BP's gaffe-prone CEO Tony Hayward would be resigning in coming months (that he'd be snagging a handsome $17 million pension for a job not-so-well-done ...]]></description>
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