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Mexico's Senate unanimously approved landmark climate change legislation yesterday that sets the country on a pioneering path to drastically reduce its domestic greenhouse gas emissions. [More]

The Oklahoma state Senate voted to establish that life begins at the moment of conception. The so-called "personhood" bill would give embryos and fetuses all the rights and immunities of people.

Inc.com joins the ranks of companies hoping that Congress doesn't vote to break the Internet by approving SOPA and PIPA. Here's why. Sometime quite soon , your member of Congress will vote to destroy the Internet, or not

With the economic downturn, can companies still become great? We continue our examination of the business book Good to Great with an interview of author Jim Collins. What was the impetus for you to write Good to Great

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament endorsed the world's first national scheme that regulates the creation and trade of carbon credits from farming and forestry on Monday, to complement government plans to put a price on carbon emissions from mid-2012. The laws, the first major bills passed by the government with Greens support in the Senate since the Greens took the balance of power on July 1, are a precursor to the carbon price legislation to be put before parliament later this year. [More]

A debt deal may have been reached, but experts from all over the political spectrum say small businesses are unlikely to see benefits anytime soon. After weeks of heated debate , Congress and the White House have finally reached a debt deal to save the United States from defaulting. But according to experts, the deal—and the political bickering that came with it—will do little to help small businesses.

Congress is on the verge of passing the first patent reforms in 60 years. This may not be good news for small business. A patent reform bill labelled by one Congressman as "patently unfair to inventors" could be in front of the President this month

Until now, the antics of LulzSec have seemed more or less harmless (depending on where you draw the line on the criminality of White Hat hacking), but with the release of 62,000 usernames and passwords to unlisted sites, LulzSec has got personal. LulzSec claims to have hit the CIA this week , and may also have again penetrated web security at the Senate's website, and an earlier LulzSec leak of over 20,000 usernames and passwords was confined to pornographic websites--headline-earning efforts indeed. But today's 62,000-plus list actually doesn't mention which site the passwords and login credentials are connected to

By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to eliminate billions of dollars in support for the U.S. ethanol industry, sending a strong message that the era of taxpayer support for biofuels is ending. [More]

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate blocked a move by Republicans to speed domestic offshore oil and natural gas drilling on Wednesday, a fresh sign of congressional gridlock on energy issues even as drivers endure gasoline prices near $4 a gallon. [More]

Urgent efforts to avert a government shutdown at midnight faltered yesterday over Republican initiatives to freeze climate rules, a challenge to the president's environmental priorities at the outset of his re-election bid. Controversial policy provisions meant to defund U.S

Funding for projects like Data.gov and mobile apps for agencies is in danger of being almost fully slashed. The Obama administration swept into Washington in 2008 with promises of both increased transparency and increased use of modern technologies, two things our political system desperatley needed. And while both promises somewhat fell victim to standard Washington infighting and inertia, some of the results were impressive, especially the high-profile Data.gov , which aggregates all government data sets, and USASpending.gov , where you can see how much money government contracts are worth.

In the clearest language to date, Democratic Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin signaled heavy scrutiny of Google coming in 2011. An antitrust showdown between the U.S