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Congress agrees to Continuing Resolution

Congress has finally agreed on something —  sort of. With the threat of a government shutdown just before the November elections and compromise being anathema, congressional members decided to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) to deal with government spending.  The CR will fund the government until March 27, 2013, at $1.047T, the level agreed to […]

What’s going on with climate science?

 By Michael S. Lubell Despite aggressive requests from the Obama Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the House in the most recent appropriations debate made significant efforts to reduce funding for climate-related science. The Senate prevailed in the subsequent negotiations, and nearly all Office of Science programs received modest funding increases. Read more:

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