Ex-EPA official: VP's office worked to delete testimony on health impacts WASHINGTON - A spokesperson for Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday dismissed a claim by a former EPA official that Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the health impacts of
climate change, while a top Senate Democrat called Cheney's actions a "cover-up" and vowed a hearing on the matter. Megan Mitchell, the vice president's press secretary, dismissed the allegations by Jason Burnett,...
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pot itself isn't scientifically significant, but there's symbolic importance WASHINGTON - There’s a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the sea ice will melt, and early signs are not good, said Mark Serreze. He’s a senior researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado in Bou...
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