CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change? That's so five minutes ago
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McGovern (Matt, not George) pushes clean-energy bill
By Tom Lawrence , July 13, 2010
Clean energy bill is bad for Midwest consumers, Johnson tells U.S. Senate panel
Johnson, the chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works about his opposition to legislation seeking a reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions. The Daily Republic watched the Webcast of the hearing.
By Seth Tupper , October 29, 2009
Mitchell resident Dusty Johnson testifies to Senate committee about climate change
October 28, 2009
PUC leader to testify in D.C. against bill on climate change
Dusty Johnson is headed to Washington to rail against climate-change legislation proposed in the Senate.He expects a hostile audience, but he’s angry enough that it doesn’t seem to matter.
“This won’t be the first time I’ve tilted at windmills,” he said Monday in an interview with The Daily Republic.
By Seth Tupper , October 27, 2009
Dusty Johnson to testify before Senate committee on climate-change legislation
PIERRE — Dusty Johnson, chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 28 about the effect proposed federal carbon legislation will have on South Dakotans.By News release , October 26, 2009
Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even as the U.S. and world forums gear up for possible action against climate change.October 23, 2009
Group claims Thune 'crying wolf' on climate plan's impact
A research organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., is accusing U.S. Sen. John Thune of “crying wolf” about the impact that congressional climate-change legislation could have on farmers and ranchers.The Environmental Working Group issued a report this morning claiming that climate change will cost farmers far more than pending legislation aimed at curtailing it.
By Seth Tupper , October 07, 2009
Letter to Editor: Keep climate change bills fair
Climate change legislation is moving forward in Congress and South Dakota electric cooperatives are standing up to fight for fairness. With costs already on the rise due to new generating, transmission and distribution facilities being built to meet our ever growing need for electricity the decisions made in the coming weeks will add additional costs to our electric bills and none of us can afford to sit this one out.By Brad Schardin, Salem , August 22, 2009
Obama officials urge Senate to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four of President Barack Obama’s top environmental and energy officials are urging the Senate to pass legislation to reduce emissions of the gases linked to global warming.July 07, 2009
Thune wants investigation into alleged suppression of opposing climate-change view
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., wants an investigation into allegations of a scientific cover-up regarding the effects of greenhouse gases.By Seth Tupper , June 30, 2009
House passes major energy-climate bill
WASHINGTON — In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed sweeping legislation calling for the nation’s first-ever limits on pollution linked to global warming.By Josef Hebert and Dina Capiello , June 26, 2009
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