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Webb reviews the contract and talks the connections. Says that China did the studies. Contract 3.7 million to Wuhan for the for USAID (Program named PREDICT) to get the bats and do the bio work. This report puts Fauci in the middle of this. So when can we have a real reporter ask Dr Fauci to explain what his Project Predict was about and if it caused this outbreak? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK5WRNQOcGg

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the following appointments: Drew Bohan, 41, of Santa Barbara, has been appointed deputy cabinet secretary in the Office of the Governor. He has served as assistant secretary for policy for the California Environmental Protection Agency since last year. He was executive director of Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the Santa Barbara Channel, from 2000 to 2003. Previously he served as senior legislative counsel for the Republic of Palau National Congress. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $95,000. Bohan is registered decline-to-state. Matthew Cate, 38, of...

OAKLAND — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ramped up the star-power quotient at the annual benefit dinner for the Neighborhood Law Corps Foundation in downtown Oakland. It didn't matter that his fiery and sometimes funny keynote speech Thursday night had little to do with Oakland and everything to do with bashing President Bush, the president's environmental policies and the president's penchant for installing polluting industry donors to lead sensitive federal environmental agencies. Oh, and the press for ignoring it all. Still, what came through in Kennedy's speech was loud and clear: Get involved, speak up and make a difference in your...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $2 billion to settle a complaint by a local environmental group over thousands of sewage spills in recent years, the U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites) and federal environmental regulators said on Friday. The settlement also requires the city to rebuild and repair thousands of miles of sewer lines, increase the system's capacity and plan for future expansion, according to the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites). The complaint was made by Santa Monica Baykeeper, an environmental group that monitors water quality...