Evangelical climate hawk learns hard knocks in House race | Grist

Ben Lowe is a 25-year-old first-time candidate getting whomped in a suburban Chicago congressional race. He's being outspent 16-to-one by Republican incumbent Peter Roskam...The Democrat has, by Nate Silver's calculation, a 0.2 percent chance of winning. Thank you, come again.
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Last year, he published Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation, an account of the growing "creation care" movement on Christian-college campuses that links environmentalism with Biblical stewardship values. It's a passionate if slightly scattered story of Lowe's coming-to-conscience, written with an enthusiasm that suggests he'll be making a mark one way or another after the election.

Christmas Price Blow for Millions Of Gas Customers

Energyhelpline.com today branded a swingeing 9.4 per cent increase in gas prices by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) was “a grim Christmas present” for millions.
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Mark Todd, director of energyhelpline.com, said: “This announcement is a grim Christmas present for millions of people especially as it will take effect during what is predicted to be an extremely harsh winter.

Alaska Politics Blog : Palin stars at Miller rally

Only a few other moments rated as much applause as Palin's appearance at the rally: a senator from Oklahoma questioning whether climate change is real, and a new commercial from the Miller campaign attacking Murkowski.
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The video statement from Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., focusing on global warming drew an appreciative roar from the crowd. Inhofe told the crowd he was the guy who said global warming is "the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people."