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Senate wraps up one month of work for the Koch Bros and TransCanada with passage of KXL bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, the Senate passed S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, by a vote of 62-36. A similar bill passed the House three weeks ago. Differences between both versions…
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Bad idea: Shells gearing up to start drilling in the Arctic again
Despite major risks and the dropping price of oil, the company plans to resume oil exploration this summer Neither risk of an oil spill nor global climate change nor the falling price of oil will keep…
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Senate approves Keystone XL pipeline bill
The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of many battles with the…
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Obama ignores Obama on climate change
President Obama is once again contradicting himself on climate change. His new push for offshore oil and gas drilling is just the latest instance. Last week, in his State of the Union address, Obama…
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Senate passes Keystone XL bill with amendments
The U.S. Senate has passed its Keystone XL bill, but an anticipated veto is expected to rupture the pipeline project. Senators voted 62-36 on the bill Thursday to bypass the Obama administration’s r…
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Despite dropping crude prices, black gold still buoys Shell in the Arctic
WASHINGTON, DC. — The Financial Times reported Shell’s (NYSE: RDS) annual profits for 2014, and even as oil prices came down from record highs, Shell’s 14 percent rise to $19.04 billion in profi…
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House attempts to undermine DOE and the environment by expediting natural gas exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed H.R. 351, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act by a vote of 277-133. The bill would expedite liquefied natural gas export application…
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Obama administration gifts Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today released the draft 2017-2022 program for new oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. The current five-year program, set t…
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Progressive coalition encourages EPA to mandate strong GHG reductions from power plants by 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 28 local, state and national public interest groups from the Climate Reality Check network submitted a letter to Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe for the Office of Air and Ra…
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The State of the Union and cognitive dissonance
In thinking through President Obama’s sixth and penultimate State of the Union address, I’ll admit to having wildly mixed thoughts and emotions. Generally, I thought this was one of his best State…