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Offshore, Ya Betcha
Dems will let offshore drilling ban expire |
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24 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:13 AM on 24 Sep 2008 House Democrats, out-stubborned by Republicans, will allow the 26-year-old congressional ban on offshore oil and gas drilling to expire on Sept. 30. Dems will not attach a provision to ban offshore drilling to a stopgap spending bill that's expected to swiftly pass Congress and be signed by President Bush. The prez had made it clear that he would veto the bill if it included language upholding the ba ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Congress, energy, George Bush, John McCain, legislation, news, offshore drilling, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, US House of Representatives (all these topics) |
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'A massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy'
I think Friedman is upset with Bush |
David Roberts |
22 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Mustache kicks ass today. He says it's 'hard for [him] to find the words to express what a massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy' Bush is backing, but he manages fairly well. Extra kudos for highlighting the absurd refusal of Republicans to renew the PTC and ITC. One ommission: he doesn't mention that John McCain is out on the campaign trail pushing the drilling uber alles policy as we speak. |
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| Topics: energy, George Bush, John McCain, politics (all these topics) |
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Mildly different
Are McCain's environmental views really so far from Bush's? |
David Roberts |
17 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller says, "On the environment ... Mr. McCain has strikingly different views from Mr. Bush." Is that true? Bush wants unstinting federal support and pork for the nuclear industry. He supports "clean coal." He is against raising CAFE standards on automobiles or boosting efficiency and performance standards on other individual economic sectors. He supports removing the moratorium on offshore drilling. He believes in ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, John McCain, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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