Campaign 2012: Evergreen State in a less than green mood this election cycle -- 07/24/2012 -- www.eenews.net

Seattle-based Democratic consultant Tom Hujar said the polls and focus groups he has conducted for clients have led him to believe the environment is not on Washingtonians' minds this year.

"One of the things that has surprised me is that today when you ask open-ended questions about what are the most important issues facing the country and the region today, for the first time environmental issues rank outside of the top five" answers, he said.
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"I don't think I would ever have seen that in this state before," said Hujar, whose company, FDR Services, has been doing consulting in Washington since the 1980s. "The environment is just not an issue this year in any of the races in the state."
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When Seattle was awarded $20 million in economic stimulus funds in 2010 to perform energy efficient building retrofits, Mayor Mike McGinn suggested it would create hundreds of local jobs. But a year later, local news outlets reported that 14 jobs had materialized.

UK Chancellor Pledges To Give Communities Power To Block Wind Farms

George Osborne is planning new powers to allow communities to block wind turbines as the Coalition row over green energy targets escalates. Whitehall sources said the Chancellor was pushing for changes to the planning regime as part of a deal with the Liberal Democrats over the future of climate change policy.

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French earthworms warm to our rising temperatures - National News - Independent.ie

MEDITERRANEAN natives have migrated from the south of France to Ireland to enjoy rising temperatures.