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Who Speaks for the Eggman?
U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection |
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14 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Speaks for the Eggman? U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection Two green groups have sued the feds for failing to protect polar bears and walruses (walri?) from the nasty combo of oil drilling and global warming. Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Dive ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, climate, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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By Hook and By Crook
Congress passes drilling, fisheries bills in final days of session |
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11 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| By Hook and By Crook Congress passes drilling, fisheries bills in final days of session Gasping and flopping like a landed fish, the Republican-led Congress passed an offshore-drilling measure during its final days. The legislation, passed by the House and Senate as part of a larger tax bill, will open 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural-gas exploration, with nearly 40 perce ... |
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| Topics: marine life, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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One Last Stab
U.S. House of Representatives will vote on offshore-drilling bill today |
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05 Dec 2006 |
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| One Last Stab U.S. House of Representatives will vote on offshore-drilling bill today The U.S. House will vote today on a measure to open 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling, as Republican leaders try to get in as much mischief as they can before being demoted. The bill is being pushed through under special rules that require a two-thirds majority to pass; many Republicans think enough ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Grace to the Bottom
W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides |
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11 Oct 2006 |
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| Grace to the Bottom W.R. Grace must pay to clean up asbestos mess in Montana, Supreme Court decides W.R. Grace & Co. must pay $54.5 million to remove asbestos-contaminated soil from the mining town of Libby, Mont., the Supreme Court decided yesterday. The U.S. EPA sued the company five years ago to recover cleanup costs; a lower court ruled in the agency's favor an ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, mining and drilling, Montana, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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We're Running Out of Drilling Puns
Senate votes to expand drilling in Gulf of Mexico |
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02 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We're Running Out of Drilling Puns Senate votes to expand drilling in Gulf of Mexico Acting boldly to address America's nascent energy crisis, U.S. senators ... passed one more sop to the oil and gas industry and got ready to flee town for the summer recess. Yesterday, by a vote of 71 to 25, the Senate passed a bill that would open 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, while p ... |
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| Topics: Gulf of Mexico, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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It'll Coast Ya
Senate hammers out compromise on offshore drilling |
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13 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| It'll Coast Ya Senate hammers out compromise on offshore drilling GOP leaders in the Senate unveiled a compromise yesterday that would allow offshore oil and gas drilling in the eastern and southern Gulf of Mexico, but protect waters within 125 miles of the Florida coast until 2022 and keep the drilling ban that's been in place in most of the rest of the country's offshore waters. Hoping to attract mo ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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A Bitter Drill
House votes to end moratorium on offshore drilling |
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30 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Bitter Drill House votes to end moratorium on offshore drilling The House voted yesterday to end the 25-year-old ban on oil and gas drilling off most of the U.S. coast. The highly contentious debate broke down more along geographic lines than partisan ones, as states standing to make money from the drilling largely supported it. Under the bill, drilling would be allowed beyond 50 miles off the coast; states c ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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You Look Like You Just Saw a Coast
Offshore drilling bill moves forward in House |
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22 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| You Look Like You Just Saw a Coast Offshore drilling bill moves forward in House Legislation that would end a 25-year ban on most offshore drilling was approved by the House Resources Committee yesterday. The bill would authorize oil and gas development farther than 50 miles offshore, unless a state acted to prohibit exploration within 100 miles of its shore; the current ban prohibits drilling within about 200 ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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If At First You Don't Succeed ... Keep Not Succeeding
House passes legislation to drill in Arctic Refuge ... again |
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26 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| If At First You Don't Succeed ... Keep Not Succeeding House passes legislation to drill in Arctic Refuge ... again Here we go again: for the 947th time, the House has passed legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Less than six months before congressional elections, House Republicans are desperate to show they're doing something about high gas prices. Of course, that somethi ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House?
House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill |
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19 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Who Are You, and What Have You Done With Our House? House shows its green side with votes on Interior Department bill The House of Representatives was on an eco-roll yesterday as it fixed up an Interior Department spending bill to send to the Senate. Over the objections of top Republicans, lawmakers approved 252-165 a measure that would put oil and gas ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil, politics, toxics, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Curses, Fideled Again
U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out |
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09 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out The U.S. has a years-old ban against offshore drilling in the Florida Straits, but it looks like the area might get drilled anyway -- by Cuba. The island country has rights to resources in half of the straits under a 1977 agreement, which President Bush renewed for two years in December. Inste ... |
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| Topics: China, Cuba, Florida, India, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Dirk du Soleil
Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests |
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05 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dirk du Soleil Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests Senate confirmation hearings began yesterday for Interior Secretary nominee Dirk Kempthorne, and oh, the fun that was had. One hot topic was the Bush administration's proposal to fund rural schools by selling thousands of acres of public land; the Dirkster, who supported sale of public lands when he ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, mining and drilling, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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We'd Do Anything for Love (But We Won't Do That)
Republican gas-price pander disgusts even pander-lovin' American people |
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01 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We'd Do Anything for Love (But We Won't Do That) Republican gas-price pander disgusts even pander-lovin' American people Hollywood producers like to say that no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people. Hollywood producers, meet Senate Republicans. Their latest gas-price gambit, coordinated by Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) -- a legislator who puts the "less" ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Throw in a Pony, and We'll Talk
In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks |
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28 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Throw in a Pony, and We'll Talk In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks Apparently driven insane by high gasoline prices, congressfolk are reaching virtuosic heights of pandering and venality, approaching some sort of Platonic ideal of What's Wrong With Politics These Days. Exhibit A: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) just unveiled a proposal that would bribe th ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Stick It Where the Sun Does Shine
Senate panel clears drilling expansion off Florida coast |
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09 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Stick It Where the Sun Does Shine Senate panel clears drilling expansion off Florida coast The specter of new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico loomed a little larger yesterday, as the Senate Energy Committee approved a bill to open millions of acres about 100 miles off the Florida coast to oil and gas exploration. Now, please get out your scorecards and sharpen your No. 2 pencils: Florida Sens. Mel Martinez (R) ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Money for Nothin'
Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding |
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07 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Money for Nothin' Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding Unsurprisingly, greens will find little to love in President Bush's proposed $2.77 trillion budget for fiscal year 2007. It calls for oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, estimating $7 billion in revenue by 2008 from leasing drilling rights -- nearly triple the $2.4 billion forecast in la ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Not Shafted Yet
Controversial mining-law revisions dropped from budget bill |
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14 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Not Shafted Yet Controversial mining-law revisions dropped from budget bill You might think we could take it for granted that millions of acres of national parks, forests, and other federal lands won't be sold off to developers, but these days, it's worthy of celebration: Late yesterday, struggling to pass a big budget bill before the holiday break, Republicans in Congress withdrew a provision to revamp federal mining l ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Haul Out the Folly
White House makes last-ditch effort to open Arctic Refuge to drilling |
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13 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Haul Out the Folly White House makes last-ditch effort to open Arctic Refuge to drilling The Bush administration is mounting a last-ditch effort to persuade Congress to approve drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before lawmakers break for the holidays. Interior Secretary Gale Norton and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao are out furiously shopping talking points: It would supply New Hampshire's oil needs ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Rend Is Near
Senate votes to keep Arctic Refuge drilling in budget bill |
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03 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Rend Is Near Senate votes to keep Arctic Refuge drilling in budget bill The campaign to keep oil drills out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has just been dealt what could be a fatal blow. Yesterday, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced an amendment to drop refuge-drilling language from a filibuster-proof federal budget bill; today, the Senate voted down that amendment, 48 to 51. "This is too ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Just Another Woeful Wednesday
Congressional committees approve a pile o' drilling and mining |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Another Woeful Wednesday Congressional committees approve a pile o' drilling and mining Congress worked hard on Wednesday to ensure America a clean, secure energy future. Ah, we kid! Actually, the House Resources Committee approved a measure that would weaken the federal ban on new offshore gas and oil drilling. And both House and Senate resource committees approved provisions that would open the Arctic Na ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Beswitched
Jeb Bush's switcheroo on drilling causes rift in Florida delegation |
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11 Oct 2005 |
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| Beswitched Jeb Bush's switcheroo on drilling causes rift in Florida delegation Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is backing a bill in the House of Representatives that would open some new federal waters, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico, to oil rigs -- and in so doing, he's fractured the state's long-standing bipartisan political consensus against offshore drilling. Jeb's flip-flop, after years of advocat ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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The Drill of the Chase
Offshore and Arctic Refuge drilling out of House bill -- for now |
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04 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Drill of the Chase Offshore and Arctic Refuge drilling out of House bill -- for now House Republican efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and U.S. coastal waters to oil drilling are dead for now, but are likely to return, zombie-like, from the grave. Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) had offered legislation, intended as part of a larger House energy package, that would have allowed indiv ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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America's Coast Wanted
House bill would open coasts, other areas to drilling |
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03 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| America's Coast Wanted House bill would open coasts, other areas to drilling Recent hurricane-related disruptions to Gulf Coast oil infrastructure may get the oil industry something it's been after for years: a chance to drill off the U.S. coasts. Legislation sponsored by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) and approved last week by the House Resources Committee he chairs would permit individual states to opt out of ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Dopey's Choice
Pombo proposes selling off parks to make point about Arctic Refuge |
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26 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dopey's Choice Pombo proposes selling off parks to make point about Arctic Refuge A draft bill being circulated by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), chair of the House Resources Committee, advocates selling 15 national preserves, historic sites, and monuments to help shrink the federal budget deficit. The proposal also recommends selling ads on National Park Service brochur ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, National Park Service, national parks, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Balked Alaska
House GOPers oppose legislative maneuver to open Arctic Refuge |
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12 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Balked Alaska House GOPers oppose legislative maneuver to open Arctic Refuge Two dozen House Republicans have publicly criticized the GOP leadership's plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling by attaching language to a filibuster-proof budget measure. In a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other House leaders, the rebel GOPers -- including three committee chairs -- wrote that the ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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