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Obama Chooses Climate Specialist as Science Adviser

President-elect Obama has chosen an energy and climate specialist as the new White House science adviser. John Holdren is a Harvard University physicist whose work has focused on the causes and consequences of climate change. Holdren has also advocated policies aimed at sustainable development and has done extensive research on the dangers of nuclear weapons.
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Obama Fills Energy and Environmental Protection Agency Posts

We’ve finally got answers as to who’s going to be filling important energy and environmental posts in the Obama administration. Sources say the nominees are as follows (from The Daily Green):
Steven Chu, Energy Secretary
The Department of Energy is mostly about nuclear weapons and nuclear power, along with a bunch of energy industry analysts, but it [...]

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FBI on the Trail of Dangerous Vegan Potluck Dinner Attendees

Dayum! So apparently we’re not the only ones who think militant vegans can get a little crazazy – the FBI is on their trail, too. Those wily wilesters are looking for a few good moles who aren’t afraid of stepping into those infamous dens of dissent – vegan potluck dinners.
College student Paul Carroll was [...]

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Big Shocker: EPA Chairman is Just a White House Puppet

Wow, this is so totally shocking. I mean, who knew that the White House pressures and at times, completely overrides the heads of various government agencies in favor of their own twisted agendas? Who would have thought that the United States government isn’t as democratic as it claims to be? I just fell out of [...]

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Libertarian Ocean City-States: The Wave of the Future?

Sick of the government? Uninterested in moving to another country? Well, if certain Silicon Valley millionaires have their way, you may have another choice! PayPal founder Peter Thiel has invested $500,000 into an organization that aims to create an experimental ‘seastead’: a permanent, quasi-sovereign nation floating in international waters.
From Wired:
It might sound like the setting [...]

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