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Dearth Day
Earth Day goings-on don't measure up to dark drama on Capitol Hill |
Amanda Griscom Little |
21 Apr 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Today, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the first Earth Day, the House of Representatives is voting on, and widely expected to pass, a grossly porkified energy bill that would dole out billions in subsidies to fossil-fuel industries, shortchange alternative-energy and efficiency initiatives, and indemnify makers of the gasoline additive MTBE against liability for groundwater co ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Toast of the Town
Will the environment become a casualty of the terrorist attacks? |
Ben White |
15 Sep 2001 |
Muckraker |
| Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) flew right over the cuckoo's nest and straight into nutville with his widely mocked decision to add "eco-terrorists" to the list of possible suspects responsible for the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Don Young getting restless. For the unlucky few who missed the Alaska congressman's appalling bloviation, here's what he told ... |
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| Topics: energy, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Yanking His Cheney
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Ben White |
25 Jul 2000 |
Muckraker |
| Environmentalists are wasting no time in aiming their fire at former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, who this morning became George W. Bush's running mate on the GOP presidential ticket. Enviros are criticizing Cheney's voting record in the House -- he got only a 13 percent career approval rating from the League of Conservation Voters -- and knocking his environmental record as current chair and CEO of the Halliburton oil company. Cheney says cheese. ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics) |
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