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Posted on August 23, 2008

By Kate Sheppard Joe Biden. Photo: senate.gov In a 3 a.m. blast of emails and text messages, Democrat Barack Obama announced that his selection for a vice presidential candidate is Delaware Sen. Joe Biden. And, for the most part, representatives from the environmental community were pleased with the news they awoke to Saturday morning. During his 35 years in the Senate, Biden has been most active on the Foreign Relations Committee, which he has chaired since 2006. But in that time he has also racked up a respectable environmental record, earning an 83 percent lifetime voting score...

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