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links for 2008-05-08

• Cut your carbon footprint … take the car - Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail

  British environmentalist Chris Goodall asserted last year, in his provocative book How to Live a Low-Carbon Life, that driving your car to the supermarket could be better for the environment than walking there.

  (tags: energy environment food)

• Democrats’ Energy Plan: Tax, Sue, and Investigate - John Cornyn, Townhall

  More than two years ago, now-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues promised what they called a “common sense” energy plan to bring down prices at the gas pump.

  (tags: energy pelosi congress gas)

• Rep. Young Proposes Higher Gas Taxes To Tamp Down Demand - Ashley Johnson, CongressDaily

  Accusing Congress of “pandering to the general public,” Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, Tuesday defended oil companies and proposed a $1-per-gallon gas tax to bring down demand.

  (tags: congress gas energy)

• Clinton Sidesteps Chance To Send Earmark Provision To Floor - Ben Schneider, CongressDaily

  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, clinging to a slim chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination, passed up a chance to send an earmark reform measure to the Senate floor last week

  (tags: hillary_clinton 2008 pork earmarks congress)

• Cleaner Air May Threaten Amazon Rainforest - HealthDay News

  Cleaner air may actually threatenthe Amazon rainforest, according to Brazilian and British climate scientists.

  (tags: environment)

• McCain’s quest for the Hispanic vote - Editorial, Washington Times

  In order to remain competitive in the general election, John McCain will have to perform a Herculean task: Court the Hispanic vote without alienating the base of the Republican Party.

  (tags: mccain 2008 immigration)