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Please Step Away from the Electric Car, Says Car Alarm Guru and House GOP Watchdog Darrell Issa
2013-04-19 02:52:15| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
US Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) leads the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and considers himself the House GOP's chief watchdog. He's committed to accelerating a probe into US Dept. of Energy loans into greentech and alternative-fuel vehicle investments in the wake of the Fisker Automotive debacle -- a company that will likely be filing for bankruptcy very soon.The Article Please Step Away from the Electric Car, Says Car Alarm Guru and House GOP Watchdog Darrell Issa appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Role reversal: GOP blasts Obama plan to sell TVA
2013-04-16 10:14:35| Energy - Topix.net
It's a political role reversal: Republicans are blasting a plan by President Barack Obama to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, a New Deal-era agency long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach.
McCarthy EPA Hearing: GOP Senators Focused On Climate Denial, Email, And IM
2013-04-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateProgress: Republicans tried and failed to pin anything on Assistant Administrator for EPA`s Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy. When she appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as President Obama`s nominee to be the next EPA Administrator, some Senators focused on substance, and others focused on denying climate change or asking about email addresses and instant messenger. First some reality. Echoed by several of his colleagues, Senator Bernie Sanders`s opening statement...
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GOP urges Obama to OK pipeline permits
2013-03-30 06:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Republicans called on President Obama Saturday to approve work on the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, a project they called a "no brainer." Delivering the GOP's weekly media address, Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., said the long-delayed pipeline would lower U.S. energy costs, create jobs and boost the economy, The Hill reported. He said beginning work on the pipeline, that would move oil recovered from tar sands in Canada to refineries in the southern United States, was a "no-brainer" because it had...
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Senate Rejects GOP Bid to Thwart Federal Climate Rules
2013-03-25 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Senate cast a symbolic vote late Friday to uphold President Obamas power to regulate carbon emissions through executive action, casting aside a GOP amendment to block Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules. Lawmakers, just before midnight, voted 47-52 to reject Sen. James Inhofes (R-Okla.) amendment to the nonbinding budget blueprint that would have prohibited federal greenhouse gas regulations. Democrats Mary Landrieu (La.), Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) voted along...
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