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Posted Sat Jun 7 2008: from Baltimore Sun via Associated Press: In Congress, gas prices trump global warming http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1212847407 "Congress retreated Friday from the world's biggest environmental concern -- global warming -- in a fresh demonstration of what happens when nature and business collide, especially in an election year... A bill the Senate was debating would put a price on carbon emissions, targeting "greenhouse gases" that contribute to the warming that many scientists say could dramatically change the Earth." [Read more stories about: peak oil, governmental idiocy] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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