Thursday, August 2, 2001
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Big Business, Organized Labor and House Republicans Join Forces to Reject Higher Fuelefficiency Standards for Suv’s, Permit Oil Exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Andprovide Billions
Handing President Bush a huge victory, the House of Representatives late yesterday rejected a proposal to boost fuelefficiency standards for SUVs and approved oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The measures werepart of a sweeping energy bill containing over $33 billion in tax breaks and incentives for the power industry.
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Suv’s, Global Warming, and the Bush Energy Plan: A Debate
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Environmental Writer Bill Mckibben On Writing, Objectivity, and Suv’s
Writer Bill McKibben knows a thing or two about SUV’s and the environment.
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]





