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Climate Research Unit Emails Leaked

crulogo_110x90Last week, 102 megabytes of private emails, documents and other files were downloaded from servers at the Climate Research Unit at the UK’s East Anglia University. Included in the files are over a thousand emails between climate scientists, interactions seldom seen by the general public. Since the leak, climate skeptics have been in an uproar over the files, publishing innumerable posts parsing through the emails and exposing some of the more insidious elements within the files.

Reading through them myself, a few things stood out.

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CBO: Senate Health Care Bill Costs $849 Billion

Medical_SymbolAccording to Democratic sources, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate version of health care reform will cost $849 billion over the next ten years. The CBO also predicts the legislation would reduce the deficit by $127 billion over the first ten years. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hopes to hold debate on the bill as early as Saturday. Some of the reforms in the bill include:

  • Requiring most Americans to carry health insurance
  • Mandating that large companies provide coverage to their workers
  • Banning certain insurance company practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions
  • Setting up new insurance marketplaces — called exchanges — primarily for those who now have a hard time getting or keeping coverage

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Reuters: “World leaders back delay to final climate deal”

copenhagenReuters reported yesterday that many world leaders are now supporting a delay in creating a legally binding pact to tackle climate change. The change is a dramatic turn around from a few weeks ago when a Copenhagen pact seemed eminent. From Reuters:

“There was an assessment by the leaders that it was unrealistic to expect a full, internationally legally binding agreement to be negotiated between now and when Copenhagen starts in 22 days,” said U.S. negotiator…

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