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Environment

INSTITUTE INDEX: President Haley Barbour, brought to you by Big Oil?

By Sue Sturgis

July 30, 2010 - Year in which Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) must leave office due to term limits: 2011

Environment

Backlash grows against BP's effort to 'buy up' Gulf scientists

By Chris Kromm

July 29, 2010 -

Environment

Mental health claims from oil spill probably won't be paid

By ProPublica

July 28, 2010 - By Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica

Environment

What's Congress doing in response to BP's oil disaster?

By Sue Sturgis

July 28, 2010 -

Environment

Funding in jeopardy for New Orleans' health clinics

By Sue Sturgis

July 26, 2010 -

Mountaintop removal foe running for U.S. Senate from West Virginia

By Sue Sturgis

July 23, 2010 - A former Democratic congressman from West Virginia joined the race for U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd's seat this week to promote the cause of ending mountaintop removal coal mining.

A second disaster coming to the Gulf?

By Labor Notes

July 22, 2010 -