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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…
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President takes important climate step in Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama announced a Department of the Interior plan to protect Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a video released yesterday. Outlining the plan, the presi…
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Senate votes to dismiss climate science
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Senate voted 56 to 42 to table an amendment offered by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on climate science. If approved, the amendment would have been attached to…
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Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?
In at least three previous State of the Union speeches, President Barack Obama placed great emphasis on his “all of the above” energy strategy — one that includes both aggressive pursuit of r…
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Obama: Climate change is a huge threat to future generations
Almost every year, President Obama drops a few lines into the State of the Union about climate change, but this year he gave his longest and most forceful statements on the issue. Watching his masterf…