Eco-News Roundup: Friday, July 24

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| Fri Jul. 24, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Happy Friday. Blue Marble-ish news from around the site:

Vacation trumps healthcare: No reform till September, if ever.

Numbers game: If you're 29, is it true that no global warming has occurred in your adult lifetime?

Backwards bill: An Ohio state rep thinks a woman should be required to get written consent from the man with whom she had sex before seeking an abortion.

Late-night climate change: The Waxman-Markey climate bill had some pretty good language regulating the carbon derivatives market. Until someone added a big ol' 300-page asterisk at 3 a.m.

 

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