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Posted Tue Feb 22 2011: from Albany Times Union: An assault on the environment http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1298343560 The new House Republican majority likes to say that the American people spoke last year. If the GOP's spending bill is any indication, it seems the American people are clamoring for more mercury in their fish, oil on their coasts and pollution in their drinking water. Those would be just some of the environmental highlights of a House spending bill to keep the government running through Sept. 30. Or perhaps anti-environmental highlights would be more apt. Anti-health, too. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, deniers, economic myopia, global warming, governmental idiocy, health impacts, koyaanisqatsi] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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