Hill Heat: WonkLine: June 11, 2009Science Policy Legislation Actiontag:www.hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2009-06-12T08:03:36-04:00Wonk Roomurn:uuid:bac964c1-d36d-4d5e-ad31-50e5018eb0742009-06-11T09:51:00-04:002009-06-12T08:03:36-04:00WonkLine: June 11, 2009<p><i>From the <a href='http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/11/wonk-061109/'>Wonk Room</a>.</i></p>
<p>Global warming “could lead to the <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061000604_pf.html'>greatest human migration in history</a>” uprooting between 200 million and 700 million people by 2050, according to the International Organization for Migration.</p>
<p>“<a href='http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-jobs11-2009jun11,0,3978144.story'>New green jobs sprouted faster</a> than the overall workforce expanded across the nation from 1998 to 2007,”<a href='http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=690'>according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts</a>,” and “California led the nation in all categories measured.”</p>
<p>The Obama administration “plans to announce Thursday a proposal to <a href='http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200906110018'>eliminate the expedited reviews</a> that have made it easier for mining companies to get approval” for mining “the Appalachians by blasting off mountaintops and discarding the rubble in stream valleys.”</p><p><i>From the <a href='http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/11/wonk-061109/'>Wonk Room</a>.</i></p>
<p>Global warming “could lead to the <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061000604_pf.html'>greatest human migration in history</a>” uprooting between 200 million and 700 million people by 2050, according to the International Organization for Migration.</p>
<p>“<a href='http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-jobs11-2009jun11,0,3978144.story'>New green jobs sprouted faster</a> than the overall workforce expanded across the nation from 1998 to 2007,”<a href='http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=690'>according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts</a>,” and “California led the nation in all categories measured.”</p>
<p>The Obama administration “plans to announce Thursday a proposal to <a href='http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200906110018'>eliminate the expedited reviews</a> that have made it easier for mining companies to get approval” for mining “the Appalachians by blasting off mountaintops and discarding the rubble in stream valleys.”</p>