Hill Heat: WonkLine: June 10, 2009Science Policy Legislation Actiontag:www.hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2009-06-12T08:05:30-04:00Wonk Roomurn:uuid:9ad94c9e-cf38-4a90-9d58-0006f4a0ee5d2009-06-10T09:03:00-04:002009-06-12T08:05:30-04:00WonkLine: June 10, 2009<p><i>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/10/wonk-061009">Wonk Room</a>.</i></p>
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<p>Global warming has “<a href='http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55872W20090609'>virtually wiped out</a>” the most complex Caribbean coral reefs, “compromising their role as a nursery for fish stocks and a buffer against tropical storms,” a new study finds.</p>
<p>“<a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/us/politics/10energy.html'>Badly outnumbered and months behind</a> in the debate on energy and climate change, House Republicans plan to <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrohfjBARc'>introduce an energy bill” drafted by </a><a href='http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/05/pence-evolution-global-warming/'>global warming denier Rep. Mike Pence</a> (R-IN) today, “setting a goal of building 100 reactors over the next 20 years.”</p>
<p>“<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/09/china-green-energy-solar-wind'>China is planning a vast increase</a> in its use of wind and solar power over the next decade and believes” it can achieve 20 percent renewable power by 2020,” even as the <a href='http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/05/29/waxman-markey-renewable/'>U.S. renewable standard</a> in clean energy legislation has been whittled down to less than 15 percent by 2020.</p><p><i>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/10/wonk-061009">Wonk Room</a>.</i></p>
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<p>Global warming has “<a href='http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE55872W20090609'>virtually wiped out</a>” the most complex Caribbean coral reefs, “compromising their role as a nursery for fish stocks and a buffer against tropical storms,” a new study finds.</p>
<p>“<a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/us/politics/10energy.html'>Badly outnumbered and months behind</a> in the debate on energy and climate change, House Republicans plan to <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrohfjBARc'>introduce an energy bill” drafted by </a><a href='http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/05/pence-evolution-global-warming/'>global warming denier Rep. Mike Pence</a> (R-IN) today, “setting a goal of building 100 reactors over the next 20 years.”</p>
<p>“<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/09/china-green-energy-solar-wind'>China is planning a vast increase</a> in its use of wind and solar power over the next decade and believes” it can achieve 20 percent renewable power by 2020,” even as the <a href='http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/05/29/waxman-markey-renewable/'>U.S. renewable standard</a> in clean energy legislation has been whittled down to less than 15 percent by 2020.</p>