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Maddow: Inhofe present when 'kill the gays' bill introduced?
Rachel Maddow followed up on her interview with Jeff Sharlet, author of 2008's 'The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power,' and contributing editor at Harper's on Wednesday evening to discuss new developments in the ties between 'The Family' and the Ugandan gay execution legislation .
Hacked: Word of emails' theft quickly spread from blogs of...
December 09, 2009 1:45 pm ET - After hackers reportedly stole emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit , word of the criminal breach and use of the emails to attempt to undermine the overwhelming consensus on global warming moved from the blogs of climate-change skeptics, where links to the emails were originally posted by ...
Barbara Boxer's ClimateGate Meltdown
With the most sensational scandal in the history of science threatening to disrupt her pet project and investment portfolio, Senator Barbara Boxer has decided that the whistle blower, rather than the offender, should be punished in the ClimateGate affair.
Members of Congress Call on Defense Secretary to Intervene in Navy SEALs' Court Martial
Members of Congress, including House Minority Leader John Boehner , want Defense Secretary Robert Gates to intervene in the court martial of three Navy SEALs, one of whom is charged with punching a terror suspect, while all three are charged with lying about the alleged incident.
Mass. voters pick nominees in Senate primaries
Dec. 8: Democratic voters in Massachusetts are feeling nostalgia and hope as the state holds a special election for the senate position known as "The Kennedy Seat." NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
Image: Sen. James Inhofe (R.-Okla.) at a Capitol Hill press conference (congressional photo).
Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says he believes some of his Senate colleagues share the view expressed by White House science adviser John P. Holdren in a 1973 book that human fetuses do not become "human beings" until sometime after they are born.
EPA to unveil new policies on water at schools
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it will focus more resources on small water systems nationwide in an effort to improve the enforcement of safe drinking water laws.The agency will also move repeat violators to the top of the list for stricter monitoring and pay special attention to ensure children are not exposed to toxic water ...
Wicker joins Inhofe's 'truth squad' to Copenhagen
Sen. Roger Wicker will round out Sen. James Inhofe's "truth squad" at December's climate change summit in Denmark.
Palin: Obama should boycott Copenhagen
Former Alaska Governor and US Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin signs copies of her book "Going Rogue" at Legacy Books in Plano, Texas December 4, 2009.
The scandal has prompted calls for Obama from global warming skeptics to skip this month's climate summit in Copenhagen -- instead, the White House is doubling down on its commitment President Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec.
Image: Sen. James Inhofe (R.-Okla.) addresses a Capitol Hill press conference (congressional photo).
CNSNews.com - Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says it is "dishonest" for President Barack Obama to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next week to announce that the United States will cap its carbon emissions because legislation to do so has no ...
Intrigue and Plot Twists in Global Climate Talks
In the otherwise ponderous and unhurried context of global climate negotiations, the past two weeks have seen a variety of gripping twists.
How ExxonMobil Funds the Anti Global Warming Forces
Forty public policy groups have this in common: They seek to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to overheat.
EPA Petitioned to Cap Carbon Dioxide Under the ...
WASHINGTON, DC , December 3, 2009 - Two advocacy groups have filed a petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set national limits for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
U.K. Climate Scientist in Stolen E-Mail Flap Steps Down Amid Investigation
Claims that scientists suppressed data about global warming prompted the head of a British universitya s climate research center to step down pending completion of an investigation.
Inhofe wants to use climategate to persecute scientists
Sen. James Inhofe The Tulsa World reports that EPA rejects Inhofe's call for delay on finding .
Battle lines drawn over e-mail leak
Climatologists remain sanguine over incident. Quirin Schiermeier As the blogosphere continues to buzz with discussion about e-mails leaked from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, climatologists are insisting that the controversy will not discredit their science, or hamper a global climate deal.
Live: Obama's strategy - the world reacts
Barack Obama is to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan to 'finish' the job.
UK climate scientist to temporarily step down
The chief of a prestigious British research center caught in a storm of controversy over claims that he and others suppressed data about climate change has stepped down pending an investigation, the University of East Anglia said Tuesday.
Global Warming Skeptics Cite Emails to Seek Halt to EPA Actions
Congressional Republicans called on the Obama administration Wednesday to suspend its efforts to combat global warming until the controversy is resolved over recently disclosed emails that critics say raise questions about the scientific underpinnings of the climate change issue.
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