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No Fracking in State Parks, Ohio House Democrats and Republicans Surprisingly Agree
2015-03-19 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a surprising move for a polarized Ohio legislature controlled by far-right Republicans cozy with fossil fuel interests, its House Energy and Natural Resources committee voted 12-0 Tuesday to ban fracking in state parks. The full bill, which aims to speed up the drilling permitting process, was then passed unanimously on the House floor Wednesday. It now heads to the Senate.
Republicans Hit CIA On ... Climate Change?
2015-03-17 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The budgets of both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense have landed themselves in the crosshairs of Republican budget slicers, but not for reasons you might expect: The GOP isnt happy with the money the two national security agencies are spending on climate-change research. The Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency, two of the most important agencies in our national security apparatus, currently spend part of their budget studying climate change,...
Illinois Republicans Bust Their Humps to Navigate Unfriendly Skies
2015-03-17 19:49:48| Airlines - Topix.net
"Being a member of congress does not exonerate you from having to endure the same headaches the rest of us airplane travelers have to deal with," an HOH tipster said Monday after witnessing a pair of time-crunched lawmakers hustle to make it back to D.C. in a somewhat orderly fashion. Per our spy, the trouble all started when United Airlines declared that the plane intended to whisk Illinois Republicans Rodney Davis , Robert Dold , Randy Hultgren and Mark S. Kirk back to work was experiencing mechanical difficulties and would not be taking its leave of Chicago O'Hare International Airport at the regularly scheduled time.
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After taking phone giants' money, these Republicans want to kill net neutrality
2015-03-09 18:27:53| Telecom - Topix.net
More than 30 members of Congress are rallying behind a bill -- ironically named the 'Internet Freedom Act' -- that threatens the new rules introduced by the FCC. A new bill introduced in early March aims to prevent "imposing certain regulations" on internet providers, while in reality -- where most live nowadays -- it prohibits new internet fairness rules from being imposed.
Republicans Pledge to Fight FCC's Open-Web Rules
2015-02-27 23:09:24| Telecom - Topix.net
Republican lawmakers pledged to try to overturn net-neutrality rules adopted Thursday by U.S. regulators, as a long-running battle over the handling of Internet traffic shifts to Congress and the courts. The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to adopt a sweeping measure to ensure all Web traffic is treated equally.
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