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<b>Tnstitute Files Petition To Prevent Distribution Of Flawed White House Clima
te Report</b>

<br><em>Document Relies on Discredited Science, Violates Prior Legal Agreement<
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of a fatally flawed report on global warming.<SPAN style="inso-spacerun: yes">&n
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