maxedoutmama.blogspot.com - 11/19/2008
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The governors had their climate change conference, and Obama made an appearance yesterday. The NY Times has the story : Speaking by video to a climate conference in Los Angeles, Mr. Obama repeated his campaign vow to reduce climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and ...
bloomberg.com - 11/13/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama is
pushing Congress this year to approve as much as...
$50 billion to save cash-starved U.S. automakers and appoint a czar or board to oversee the companies, a move that would require President George ...
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Obama Pushes for $50 Billion for Automakers, Oversight Czar
politico.com - 11/24/2008
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A Thought on Global Warming Action
Coyote Blog —
... . And what has happened since then? Electricity demand has risen, no one can build electrical capacity, wind and solar are a joke, and Obama is only going to make it harder and more expensive to produce enough power (I think Obama's exact words were "bankrupt the coal industry.") ...
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