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Republicans to try some Newt tactics Gingrich says Republicans will shut down gov't if they can't get a vote on drilling	Kate Sheppard	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
One might recall that Newt Gingrich resigned his seat in Congress in 1998. But he was back on the Hill yesterday to join the House GOP sit-in, and now he's threatening that the Republicans will shut down government if they don't get a separate vote on offshore drilling. Perhaps he hasn't gotten the message yet that he is no longer an elected official. 'Are [Democrats] really prepared to close the government in order to stop drilling?' Gingrich asked. 'Because I ...
Topics: energy, Muckraker, Nancy Pelosi, news, Newt Gingrich, oil, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Lobbying for the enemy of the human race	David Roberts	27 May 2008	Gristmill
Million here, million there, pretty soon you're talking about real money: Peabody Investments Corp., a subsidiary of coal producer Peabody Energy Corp., spent nearly $1.3 million in the first quarter to lobby on issues related to the coal industry, according to a disclosure report. The company lobbied Congress on legislation involving renewable energy and energy independence, promotion of coal-to-liquid fuel, global warming, mine communications technology, tax cr ...
Topics: coal, energy, lobbying, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Name that tune Clinton sings the faux-populist, anti-intellectual Manichean blues	David Roberts	05 May 2008	Gristmill
I must say I'm surprised and gratified at the amount of coverage the gas-tax holiday is getting. It appears to be blowing up in Clinton's face, which is exactly what would happen in a Good and Just world. Earlier this week, asked about the fact that not a single policy expert or economist thinks the holiday would do anything for consumers, Clinton spokesflack Howard Wolfson said: 'We believe the presidency requires leadership,' said Wolfson. 'There are times that a ...
Topics: Barack Obama, energy, Hillary Clinton, oil, politics, presidential race 08, shenanigans (all these topics)

V -- but not for victory Who might like the president's bogus climate principles	Frank O'Donnell	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
One person undoubtedly taking note of the president's 'principles' on climate change is Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio. He is reportedly working on his own weak, coal industry-friendly climate amendment to the Lieberman-Warner bill. Voinovich reportedly will try to couple such an amendment with related provisions to weaken the Clean Air Act. Sound familiar?Yes, that's because the Bush administration has made its own efforts to weaken the Clean Air ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Blankenship to reporter: 'You're liable to get shot' Massey wins W. Va. Supreme Court case; not doing so well in public relations	David Roberts	05 Apr 2008	Gristmill
A while back, a case against mountaintop-removal giant Massey Energy reached the West Virginia Supreme Court, which overturned a previous judgment fining the company. But then pictures turned up of Massey CEO Don Blankenship canoodling around the French Riviera with one of the court judges and two female 'companions.' Oops. The court decided to re-hear the case, minus the offending judge. Then another judge, who had said that 'the pernicious effects of Mr. Blankens ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, mining, politics, shenanigans, West Virginia (all these topics)

Brown Dogs Dirty energy industry preemptively padding the pockets of key Democrats	David Roberts	24 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The dirty energy industry sees big, important debates heading to a Democratic Congress, and it's preparing by buying up "moderate" House Democrats ($ub. req'd): Moderate House Democrats -- even freshmen with little obvious influence -- have seen a surge of campaign contributions from the energy industry, whose giving patterns have long favored Republicans. Data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show the overall industry an ...
Topics: energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Massey incest redux	David Roberts	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
So, remember how two justices on the W. Va. Supreme Court have recused themselves from the Massey case? One was photographed frolicking on vacation with Massey CEO Don Blankenship on the French Riviera. The other has publicly criticized Blankenship. The latter fellow said that a third judge -- Justice Brent Benjamin, who received $3.5 million in support from Don Blankenship in his 2004 election -- should also recuse himself. Well, Benjamin has offered an answer: scre ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, litigation, politics, shenanigans, West Virginia (all these topics)

Tracking Lieberman-Warner The problem with 150 amendments	Brian Beutler	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The Senate convened today at noon, and Republicans raised a stink about it. Why so late? Important business to attend to! It had to do with the 150 amendments that EPW committee Republicans brought with them to the markup hearing. The long and short of it is that, by Senate rules, any senator can object to the continuance of any committee meetings that continue beyond the first four hours that the Senate is in session. If the committee meeting and the floor ses ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

If it is to be war ... Senate Republicans vow to filibuster energy bill	David Roberts	04 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The E&E headline sums it up: "Senate GOP plots 'war' over House energy plan" (sub rqd). It sounds like Pelosi has done her job, restoring to the bill most of the provisions greens have been stumping for, including the RES and removal of some tax breaks from the oil industry: House Democratic leaders today said the bill will include a roughly $21 billion tax package aimed at expanding renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives. Of that, roughl ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Nefarious legislative shenanigans Domenici tries to kill the energy bill and sneak nuclear loan guarantees into the farm bill	David Roberts	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) is up to some serious shenanigans up on the hill. First, he has introduced an amendment that would attach the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to the farm bill. He claims he's trying to save the RFS, in case negotiations on the energy bill (where the RFS now lives) stall out. Senate majority leader Harry Reid opposes the move. Why? It's complicated, but the gist is that lots of folks -- Reid likely included -- see this as an attempt to sin ...
Topics: agriculture, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, shenanigans (all these topics)

Permits for me but not for thee Max Baucus wrangles a sweet deal for Montana rural co-ops in the Lieberman-Warner bill	David Roberts	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill
One bit of shenanigans that went on in the backroom negotiations over Lieberman-Warner was the effort by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to exempt his state's rural electricity cooperatives from the bill's tough emission reduction targets. Now the Great Falls Tribune has picked up the story: Montana's senior senator inserted a provision into a climate change bill pending in Congress that would give the rural electric co-ops in his state until 2035 to fully curtail their g ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Larry Craig's 'wide stance' on coal and timber The disgraced senator's real crimes go unpunished	Tom Philpott	04 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces, a lowly cop finds himself assigned to lurk in a public bathroom, on the lookout for 'suspicious characters.' Sen. Larry Craig bumbled into just that sort of trap, his tapping foot and now-infamously 'wide' toilet stance dooming him to political infamy. There's no justice in entrapment, but there's ripe poetic justice in a stalwart of the gay-bashing GOP perishing from the very anti-gay fervor his party habitually stoke ...
Topics: energy, politics, shenanigans (all these topics)

Use the Task Force, Dick Members of mysterious energy task force finally revealed		19 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Use the Task Force, Dick Members of mysterious energy task force finally revealed You might want to sit down for this: the Bush administration's national energy policy was heavily influenced by Big Industry. Shocking, we know. In 2001, a task force headed by Vice President Dick Cheney met with various entities to discuss energy policy; since then, the administration has battled to keep from sayi ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, news, politics, shenanigans, White House (all these topics)

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