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 Stories About: climate AND energy AND John McCain AND oil and gas drilling AND politics AND presidential race 08
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EIA to McCain: Drop offshore (drilling)
Offshore drilling will have no impact on oil prices through 2030 |
Joseph Romm |
19 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain has flip-flopped his position on offshore drilling, pandered to the oil companies, and embraced the exact same strategy endorsed by the man McCain is trying so hard to run away from -- President Bush. He must have a damn good policy reason: 'Tomorrow I'll call for lifting the federal moratorium for states that choose to permit exploration,' McCain said. 'I think that this and perhaps providing additional incentives for states to permit exploration off their co ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Mixed messages
McCain releases new climate ad ahead of speech calling for more drilling |
Kate Sheppard |
17 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| John McCain unveiled a new climate-change ad today -- hours before he's scheduled to give an energy speech in Texas that will call for building more oil refineries and lifting a federal ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. 'John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming, five years ago,' says the ad. 'Today, he has a realistic plan that will curb greenhouse-gas emissions. A plan that will help grow our economy and protect our envi ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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David Roberts |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| "... there are a number of pieces of legislation where [McCain's] views are out of the mainstream, at least in my view, of conservative Republican thought. So, for instance, he's opposed to drilling in ANWR, I believe. ... ... And then now McCain-Lieberman, which is a unilateral -- meaning U.S.-only imposed -- cap-and-trade program, which puts a burden, as much as 50 cents a gallon, on gasoline in this country. It basically says Americans are going to pa ... |
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| Topics: Arctic refuge, carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Mitt Romney, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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