Republicans Accused of Witch-Hunt against Climate Change Scientists

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Republicans Accused of Witch-Hunt against Climate Change

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Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:46:24 -0700

 

 

 

 

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Republicans Accused of Witch-Hunt against Climate Change Scientists

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005EA.shtml

A far-reaching inquiry into the careers of three of the US's most

senior climate specialists has been launched by Joe Barton, the

chairman of

the House of Representatives committee on energy and commerce. He has

demanded details of all their sources of funding, methods and everything

they have ever published.

 

 

Ozone Layer Decline Leveling Off

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005EB.shtml

A new global study indicates Earth's ozone layer, while still severely

depleted following decades of thinning from industrial chemicals in the

atmosphere, is no longer in decline. The ozone layer protects the

planet from the harmful effects of UV radiation, including skin cancer

and

cataracts in humans.

 

 

Law Could Mean Death Penalty for Doctors

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005HA.shtml

Texas doctors who perform abortions without parental approval or after

the third trimester could face capital murder charges because of a new

law that takes effect this week, a prosecutors group says.

 

 

Dee Mahan | The Medicare Gold Rush

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005HB.shtml

The new Medicare prescription drug benefit starts this fall but it will

offer too many confusing choices, give patients too little and cost

taxpayers more than it would if it had been run through the Medicare

program. It is a benefit aimed at drug and insurance companies, not

people.

 

 

Beth Shulman | Operating Instructions

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005LA.shtml

In California, a farmworker died picking bell peppers in 105 degree

heat when his boss refused to let him rest. Beth Shulman says: " The idea

that corporations should have total discretion in how to treat their

workers is a growing and retrograde trend in America. " Citizens, not

corporations must have the power to set rules about working conditions.

 

 

Union Founder Defiant Amid Strike's Drama

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005LB.shtml

Like characters in the Italian operas he loves, the founder of the

mechanics union striking Northwest Airlines Corp. is a passionate man of

strongly held beliefs and defiance. Those traits have helped put O.V.

" Dell " Delle-Femine at the center of one of the most widely watched

melodramas in US labor relations in years.

 

 

Farrakhan Says March to Be Inclusive

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/083005WA.shtml

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said Monday that the 10th

anniversary commemoration of the Million Man March will include a broad

spectrum of black organizations from mainstream civil rights groups to

black

nationalists and " street organizations. " The 10th anniversary effort,

called the Millions More Movement, will also include women.

 

 

Gas Crisis Looms

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005Q.shtml

The impact of Hurricane Katrina on US oil production and refinery

capabilities may be worse than initial reports estimated and could

lead to a

national gas crisis in the short-term. " The story is all about oil, "

said Michael Englund, chief economist with Action Economics. " This is

still a fluid situation but we have enough information to feel

comfortable

lowering our economic growth estimate even further. "

 

 

Governor Appears before Grand Jury after Issuing Pardons in Personnel

Probe

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005R.shtml

Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher issued blanket pardons to his staff

charged with handing out state jobs as political favors. Supporters said

the grand jury investigation into hiring practices was politically

motivated and critics said the hiring practices were part of a " corrupt

political machine. "

 

 

Helen Thomas | Democrats Still Backing Senseless War

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005S.shtml

Helen Thomas says: " It's time for the Democratic Party to take a

courageous stand and call for the withdrawal of troops from the

senseless war

in Iraq. "

 

 

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