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The Coming GOP Civil War Over Climate Change
2013-05-10 18:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The National Journal has a long piece out, "The Coming GOP Civil War Over Climate Change: Science, storms, and demographics are starting to change minds among the rank and file." Back in October 2010, NJ ran an article explaining, The GOP is stampeding toward an absolutist rejection of climate science that appears unmatched among major political parties around the globe, even conservative ones. Now reality is biting back, or, perhaps more accurately, nibbling back. The new piece begins with...
House GOP Moves to Shield Oil Companies From Disclosure Rule
2013-04-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A House GOP bill to implement a U.S.-Mexico offshore energy accord exempts oil companies operating under the pact from controversial federal rules that force energy producers to disclose their payments to foreign governments. The provision could become a sticking point in enacting the Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement, a 2012 accord to enable cooperation in development of oil-and-gas along a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico. I dont see how that provision can be taken out, said Rep....
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GOP Lawmakers Raise Concerns about Labor Secretary Nominee Tom Perez
2013-04-24 19:31:14| ENR.com: Headline News
But Democrats defend his record.
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GOP Head of House Committee Tours Mayflower Oil Spill
2013-04-22 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The head of a powerful congressional committee visited Mayflower Sunday to get a look at the community where a pipeline burst March 29th spilling thousands of barrels of crude oil. As head of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Hollidaysburg) oversees the nation's pipeline system that includes the 20-inch Pegasus line that that flows through Central Arkansas. "We'll figure out what happened and make sure they make corrections so it doesn't happen again,"...
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GOP Goes Hunting For EPA Emails About Turducken
2013-04-19 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Earlier this month, when a burst pipe spilled thousands of gallons of heavy oil into an Arkansas suburb, the message from the White House went something like: "Everybody chill, the EPA has it under control." But reporters on the scene found the cleanup orchestrated by the same company, ExxonMobil, that allowed the spill, and heard only crickets when they asked the EPA about its involvement. Turns out, on some of the nation`s most pressing environmental health issues, the EPA`s transparency record...
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