By JUSTIN GILLIS and JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
 
Published: August 19, 2010
New research confirms the existence of a huge plume of dispersed oil deep in the Gulf of Mexico and suggests that it has not broken down rapidly, raising the possibility that it might pose a threat to wildlife for months or even years.

The study, the most [...]

Windmills slaughter more than oil spill
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
6:26 p.m., Tuesday, August 17, 2010
While several million gallons of crude oil have poured into the Gulf of Mexico since April, nature has been far more resilient than environmental doomsayers would like. The left is counting on images of oiled pelicans and lingering devastation to build urgency [...]

Austin Hill
Obama, Boxer, and the California Awakening
Aug 15, 2010

When you think of California , what comes to mind?
Beautiful beaches, San Francisco , Disneyland and Hollywood are the Golden State’s trademarks. Yet the huge land mass between San Francisco and Hollywood – that region known as the San Joaquin Valley – comprises one of the world’s [...]

By Hector Gonzalez Staff Writer

Posted: 08/09/2010 04:09:43 PM PDT

It hasn’t been the coolest summer on record, but it’s been close, forecasters say.
The average temperature in July was 79 degrees, five degrees below normal, and the first eight days of this month also have been five to six degrees below normal, weather experts said.

That could put Southern [...]

Carol Platt Liebau
End the Government Entitlement Complex
Aug 9, 2010

The summer of 2010 is turning out to be a hot one – and not just because of the weather. The duration and depth of the recession, exacerbated by the high-tax, big-spending policies of the Obama administration, has led Americans to take a closer look at those [...]

By JUSTIN GILLIS
 
Published: August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON — The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk of [...]

Posted: Jul 30, 2010 9:52 AM PDT Updated: Aug 01, 2010 5:20 AM PDT

By Jacqueline Sit, NEWS 9
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a crackdown on farm dust, so senators have signed a letter addressing their concerns on the possible regulations.
The letter dated July 23 to the EPA states, “If approved, would [...]

Harry Reid’s latest energy bill is designed not to pass.
Aug 1, 2010
President Obama’s undeniable success in passing liberal legislation hasn’t translated into greater popularity for himself or the Democratic Congress. So perhaps he’ll get a bump in the polls now that he’s suffered his first setback on one of his signature promises.
We refer to the [...]

By Robert Bluey
Published July 30, 2010
FoxNews.com

NEW ORLEANS — Every day at 9 a.m. the Mary Queen of Vietnam community center opens its doors to distribute 25 food vouchers. Several weeks ago people started lining up at 5 a.m. Now the line forms at 2 a.m.
This is not the life these proud fishermen envisioned when they [...]

Published August 01, 2010
Associated Press

As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed the company and Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispersant was used.
The investigators said the U.S. Coast Guard routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of [...]