Round-the-world solar plane debut

06-28-2009 • news.BBC.co.uk

 Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard has unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes eventually to fly around the world.

Cap And Tr8tors - 8 Republicans who voted for Cap

6/27/09 • Cap&Tr8tors

They have 4 Days from the time of their vote to change them, or we will work to vote them out of office. July 2, 2009. #capandtr8tors is the Twitter tag to use on this topic. HR 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act The following republicans voted FOR the largest tax bill ever passed by a session of Congress.

Climate Change Bill May Be Election-Year Issue

6/27/09 • NY Times

As Democrats strained to win over crucial holdouts on the way to narrow, party-line approval of global warming legislation, they were dogged by a critical question: Has the political climate changed since 1993? Veteran members of both parties vividly remember when many House Democrats, in the early months of the Clinton administration, reluctantly backed a proposed B.T.U. tax — a new levy on each unit of energy consumed — only to see it ignored by the Senate and seized as a campaign issue by Republicans, who took control of the House the next year.