Eco-News Roundup: Monday September 21

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News from our other blogs and around the web on health and the environment you might have missed:

Bipartisan Blip: Wait, both parties have problems with Baucus’s reform? Kevin Drum opines.

Sinking Climate: With cap-and-trade sinking, US may want to delay Copenhagen.

Tax Relief: Largest oil subsidies in US go to help pay for foreign production, study finds. [ScienceDaily]

Baucus and Boomers: Jim Ridgeway on why the Baucus plan is bad for the over-50 crowd.

Pregnancy Testing: A reggaeton video graphicly teaches kids about sexual positions. NSFW.

Fuel Restrictions: Brazil introduces a plan to limit planting sugarcane in the Amazon. [MongaBay]

 

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