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 US Politics & Gov't  Ombretta - 25 days ago - nytimes.com An exploding ethics scandal in the Minerals Management Service, an Interior Department sub-agency located outside Denver, is bringing lots of unwanted attention to the arm of the government that collects collects oil and gas royalties. Read all about it.
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Take Action: Tell Congress to Resist Calls for Drilling
US Politics & Gov't  Michael - 45 days ago - ga3.org Drilling is NOT the answer to our energy crisis. Tell your members of Congress that we must pursue clean, renewable energy alternatives. Drilling in the Arctic and off our beaches will only perpetuate our dependence on dirty fossil fuels
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 US Politics & Gov't  Clever - 46 days ago - action.wilderness.org Though the media has focused on offshore drilling, the threat to our onshore public lands is also graver than ever. Reckless drilling will do nothing but provide handouts to oil and gas companies while discouraging investment in clean energy technologies.
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 US Politics & Gov't Michael - 51 days ago - naturalnews.com When it comes to the energy problem facing Western civilization today, there's a lot of talk. But that's all it is: Talk. Senate talk. Congress talk. None of it adds up to useful solutions.
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Shifting Public Opinion On Offshore Oil Drilling
US Politics & Gov't Michael - 90 days ago - usnews.com Democrats say that reducing America's dependence on foreign oil will take a lot more than additional drilling offshore. It will require conservation, use of alternative fuels, and many other steps that the GOP has not fully embraced.
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 US Politics & Gov't Michael - 101 days ago - nytimes.com Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years.
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 US Politics & Gov't  - 169 days ago - stateline.org Close to 200,000 poor families in 15 cold-weather states - in every Northeastern state except New Hampshire - can thank controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for helping them heat their homes this winter.
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 US Politics & Gov't  Terrah - 182 days ago - environmentamerica.org The climate crisis will be the biggest challenge facing the next president. But the top Sunday hosts don't seem to think so. Since January of 2007, they have asked: 2938 Questions 6 mentioned global warming Sign the petition and tell the reporters to..
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 US Politics & Gov't  Tim - 206 days ago - redgreenandblue.org Clinton accused Obama of being all talk and no walk, by suggesting that he voted for the 2005 Cheney-crafted Energy Policy Act. A bill that Clinton claims is lining the pockets of big oil...
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China's Rising Inflation Could Hurt U.S. Consumers
US Politics & Gov't  Barry - 210 days ago - opednews.com If China is unable to tame its rising prices, American consumers are likely to suffer. With the U.S. economy already dependent on a wide variety of goods - from Nike shoes to vitamins _that are made in China, the combination of China's inflation and a
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Petition to Cut $17,000,000,000 From Big Oil - Please Sign
US Politics & Gov't  Andrea - 214 days ago - democracyinaction.org Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill that blocks $17 billion in subsidies, instead giving the money as tax credits for renewable energy sources and energy efficient technologies. Please stop the Senate from blocking this important bill.
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 US Politics & Gov't  Sharon - 226 days ago - sustainablog.org From the article: "Illinois Representative Karen May (D-Highland) has introduced a bill calling for a system of renewable energy "feed-in tariffs" (FITs) like those used in Germany to spur the development of electricity from renewable sources."
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 US Politics & Gov't - 235 days ago - psr.org The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the Clean Air Act when it removed oil and coal-fired power plants from a list of sources of hazardous air pollutants. (If the Supremes don't reverse it.)
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 US Politics & Gov't - 243 days ago - brettonwoodsproject.org The organisation calls for an end to oil aid on the basis of its contribution to climate change, the debt of oil-importing countries, civil conflict, human rights abuses, and ecosystem destruction.
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 US Politics & Gov't  Plato - 298 days ago - propeller.com Since the loophole was opened, billions of dollars have flowed through the loophole and traders have reaped the rewards - driving up the price of energy and, in some cases, manipulating it for personal profit.
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