Energy Headlines
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Marc Katz is a Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center. He is a graduate of Tufts University. |
Although it’s only been 2007 for a few weeks the issue of Energy and Global Warming has all but dominated the news.
Here are a few highlights:
- Last year was the hottest year on record
- Last week, GM announced it will invest research into developing “green vehicles”
- A report was released last week claiming ExxonMobil spent millions of dollars to cast doubt on Climate Change
- Norwayannounced it will buy carbon offsets for all government employees flying abroad
- Despite a report by the University of Michigan that less than half of Americans agree with the concept of evolution, scientists and evangelical leaders met in Georgia to discuss the important of Climate Change action.
- The New York Times today published both an editorial and an op-ed on the topic of climate change and energy.
The House of Representatives has decided to take up the issue of renewable energy and oil company subsidies in the first 100 hours of the 100 th Congress. Click here to read more about the bill, and stay tuned for future Energy and Climate Change news (because if the beginning of the year was any indication, there will be a lot more of it).