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Larry's Environmental Issues Blog December 2006 Archive

By Larry West, About.com Guide to Environmental Issues since 2005

Bush Administration: Polar Bears Threatened by Global Warming

Thursday December 28, 2006
Polar bears need to be protected from the effects of global warming, according to a proposal by the Bush administration to make polar bears a threatened species under the Endangered ... Read More

EPA May Abandon Health Standards for Lead Air Pollution

Thursday December 7, 2006
The EPA is contemplating dropping the health standards that regulate lead air pollution and mandate lead-free gasoline. And in a stunning display of convoluted logic, the agency is trying to ... Read More

Why are John Kerry and His Wife Writing a Book on the Environment?

Monday December 4, 2006
During a Situation Room interview on CNN late last week, U.S. senator and presidential hopeful John Kerry revealed that he and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, are writing a book ... Read More

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