Sunday, June 26, 2011

Exclusive: Oil Industry Forms New Astroturf Group To Manipulate 2012 Republican Primary In Iowa | ThinkProgress

Exclusive: Oil Industry Forms New Astroturf Group To Manipulate 2012 Republican Primary In Iowa | ThinkProgress: "Rather than being a grassroots organization, the Iowa Energy Forum is a slick, new creation of the oil and gas industry. The group is financed by the American Petroleum Institute, a trade association representing Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Transcanada, Shell Oil, and other oil industry heavyweights."

Friday, June 10, 2011

CapitalClimate: Summer 2011 Heat Records Crushing Cold Records by 13 to 1

CapitalClimate: Summer 2011 Heat Records Crushing Cold Records by 13 to 1: "After narrowly exceeding cold records in May, U.S. heat records in the first 9 days of June have outnumbered cold records by an eye-popping ratio of 13 to 1."