Tagged with Offshore Drilling 
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One step forward, several back
The Kerry-Boxer bill is not “more ambitious” than Waxman-Markey 2
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
I'm sure Steve Mufson and Juliet Eilperin didn't choose the headline, but whoever did, I think it's a real mistake to refer to the Kerry-Boxer bill as "a bit more ambitious" than its Waxman-Markey counterpart in the House. This became conventional wisdom almost immediately, but it seems to me both wrong and pernicious -- the more Kerry-Boxer is seen as a leftward move from the House bill, the more senators who want to be seen as moderate will want to be seen hacking it down.
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The Odd Couple
Sen. Lindsey Graham crosses the climate rubicon 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Last week, I struck a hopeful note after GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed interest in a climate bill compromise that included a carbon cap in exchange for support for some nuclear power and coastal drilling. But my expectations it would really happen remained low. -
Baby carrots
How Senate Dems should lure GOP to a climate bill 9
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
The greenosphere is abuzz with the news that a few Republican Senators are open to the climate bill if certain conditions are met. In classic form, Senate Dems are signalling their willingness -- no eagerness! -- to give the Republicans whatever they want.
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THE NUCLEAR OPTION
Are there GOP senators who will back the climate bill? 4
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago In July I speculated that Sen. Lamar Alexander might lead some Republicans to back a climate protection bill if Democratic leaders made some concessions regarding nuclear power. Since then, Alexander has imploded and Sen. Lindsey Graham has emerged as the GOP's climate dealmaker. -
Searching for that long lost barrel of oil
Florida’s beaches now threatened by offshore drilling 1
Posted 5 months ago
In a disappointing move, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gave its blessing for offshore drilling in Florida last week, potentially opening Florida’s coasts to oil and gas development.
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Exxon redux
The ocean does represent a major source of energy, just not the one you’re thinking of 0
Posted 8 months agoIn the minutes after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez poured 10.8 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The spill turned pristine spruce-lined waters into a sticky death trap for countless animals, including a quarter of a million birds.
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Obama administration puts halt to Bush-era oil and gas policies 11
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Environmentalists go at it in Santa Barbara 3
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Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez says he won’t run again in 2010 0
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NASA against offshore drilling 0
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Yes, Virginia, There Is Offshore Drilling
Bush admin takes first step toward new offshore drilling 1
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Republican foot soldiers prepare to push for reduced public participation in dirty energy projects 1
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Big Oil and enviros agree: Surging prices were nail in coffin for offshore-drilling ban 1
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Architecture 2030’s challenge targets would provide five times the energy as offshore and nuclear 31
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Senate race in North Carolina finds both candidates slinging oil 0
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Drilling we can believe in 1
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Sen. DeMint tries to push through pro-drilling bill in last days of Congress 0
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The offshore drilling moratorium lapses today 5
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Throw 'Em a Loan
Bush signs off on $25 billion loan to Big Auto 2
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Colbert parodies Big Oil greenwashing 1
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago