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Joe Barton&#8217;s (R-TX) gets $100K from gas well stake; Utah gov gets $10K from coal co. seeking permit &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  A must-Listen NPR Report:  Mining Giant Must Clean Up Mess&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Info\/links on those stories and all the ones we talked about on today&#8217;s episode follow below&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Climate Scientist Cleared in &#8216;ClimateGate&#8217;:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/04\/science\/earth\/04climate.html\"><strong>Researcher on Climate Is Cleared in Inquiry<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/views.washingtonpost.com\/climate-change\/post-carbon\/2010\/02\/penn_state_investigates_researcher_over_climate-gate.html\"><strong>Penn State investigates researcher over &#8220;Climate-gate&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2010\/feb\/03\/climate-change-chief-scientist-beddington\"><strong>Climate change researchers must be more open, says chief scientist<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.research.psu.edu\/orp\/Findings_Mann_Inquiry.pdf\"><strong>Inquiry Report: Concerning the Allegations of Research Misconduct Against Dr. Michael E. Mann<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Hope for Bluefin Tuna on the Brink of Extinction:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=france-to-support-bluefin\"><strong>France to support bluefin tuna trade ban<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Mixed signals on fate of Cap-N-Trade:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2010\/02\/03\/03greenwire-sen-graham-slams-push-for-a-half-assed-energy-54765.html\"><strong>Sen. Graham Slams Push for a &#8216;Half-Assed Energy Bill&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/cwire\/2010\/02\/04\/04climatewire-administration-presses-on-for-a-cap-on-carbo-27152.html\"><strong>Administration Presses On for a &#8216;Cap&#8217; on Carbon Emissions<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">According to Browner, the president simply was making an observation about the current Senate process, before saying &#8220;this is what I want to do.&#8221; In his speech, Obama later emphasized that there was going to be a price on pollution and referred to the acid rain program, which used a cap-and-trade system to successfully curb sulfur dioxide emissions in the 1990s.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2010\/02\/obama-graham-senate-no-half-assed-climate-bill\"><strong>Obama, Graham Warn Dems Not to Settle For &#8220;Half-Assed&#8221; Climate Bill<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/blog\/the-vine\/graham-calls-energy-only-idea-half-assed\"><strong>Graham Calls Energy-Only Idea &#8220;Half-Assed&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2010\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/AP-US-Obama-Energy.html\"><strong>Obama Pushes Energy Plan That GOP May Support<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/environment\/2010\/02\/democrats-climate-plan-b\"><strong>Negative Energy: A key bloc of Democrats has a climate Plan B: Ditch cap and trade for an energy bill filled with industry giveaways.<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/02\/obama-hints-senate-unlikely-to-adopt-pollution-limits.php?ref=fpb\"><strong>Obama Acknowledges Senate Unlikely To Adopt Pollution Limits<\/strong><\/a> (Talking Points Memo)<\/li>\n<li>TRANSCRIPT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-02-03-sen.-lindsey-graham-on-the-importance-of-passing-climate-legesla\/\"><strong>Sen. Lindsey Graham on the importance of passing climate legislation<\/strong><\/a> (Grist) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong>If the lesson from health care is let&#8217;s not do anything hard, then why don&#8217;t we all go home<\/strong>, which might be good for the country by the way. But if we go home, China won&#8217;t.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ve become convinced that carbon pollution is a bad thing, not a good thing, and it can be dealt with, and we can create jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the time, this is the Congress, and this is the moment. So if we retreat and try to just go to the energy-only approach&#8221;\u201dwhich will never yield the legislative results that I want on energy independence&#8221;\u201dthen we just made the problem worse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Congress is going to come up here and do all these hard things? Who are these people in the future? <\/strong>Because we constantly count on them. I don&#8217;t know who they are.  <strong>I&#8217;ve yet to find them.<\/p>\n<p>So I guess it falls to me and you.<\/strong> So let&#8217;s do it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Meanwhile, China Pulls Ahead in Wind Energy:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/financialnews\/D9DKPELO0.htm\"><strong>China doubles wind power in 1 year<\/strong><\/a> (Business Week)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=adIdrmtTtyw8&#038;pos=7\"><strong>China&#8217;s Labor Edge Overpowers Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Green&#8217; Jobs Initiatives<\/strong><\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Big Oil &#038; Big Coal Fight to Keep Handouts:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/mojo\/2010\/02\/oil-industry-we-our-handouts\"><strong>Oil Industry: We Like Our Handouts!<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/news\/local\/story\/1120882.html\"><strong>Kentucky legislators criticize plan to cut coal subsidies<\/strong><\/a> (McClatchy DC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/blog\/20100201\/obama-budget-erases-fossil-fuel-subsidies-ramps-nuclear-spending\"><strong>Obama Budget Erases Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Ramps Up Nuclear Spending; Clean Energy Comes Out a Winner<\/strong><\/a>  (SolveClimate.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2010\/02\/02\/1\"><strong>Oil and gas interests set spending record in 2009<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2010\/02\/big-oils-big-year\"><strong>Big Oil&#8217;s Big Year<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2010\/01\/14\/whos-afraid-of-a-clean-energy-future\/\"><strong>Who&#8217;s Afraid of a Clean-Energy Future?<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li>REPORT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elistore.org\/reports_detail.asp?ID=11358\"><strong>Estimating U.S. Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008<\/strong><\/a> (Environmental Law Institute)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;: More green news <em>not<\/em> covered in today&#8217;s audio report&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2010\/02\/01\/qdr-climate-threat\/\"><strong>Pentagon: &#8216;Climate Change, Energy Security, And Economic Stability Are Inextricably Linked&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/blog\/20100203\/studies-find-faster-tree-growth-climate-changes-potential-drive-further-warming\"><strong>Studies Find Faster Tree Growth as Climate Changes, Potential to Drive Further Warming<\/strong><\/a> (Solve Climate.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2010\/02\/02\/us\/AP-US-Low-Carbon-Fuels.html?_r=1\"><strong>Oil, Trucking Industries Sue Calif. 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