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House Republicans Use Fear Mongering In Fight for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
2013-08-08 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A lopsided legislative hearing held by the House Natural Resources committee last Friday is further proof that fans of mountaintop removal mining arent giving up without a fight. The hearing focused on legislation recently introduced by Rep. Johnson (R-OH), a proud coal industry advocate, and Rep. Lamborn (R-CO), a pro-coal congressman in his own right. With the catchy title Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Jobs in America (PGWPCJA), H.R. 2824 would stop the Office of Surface...
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Republicans Not Interested In Passing Farm Bill?
2013-08-06 01:05:00| Beef
David Bennett for Southwest Farm Press With claims that Republicans in the House of Representatives are not interested in actually passing a farm bill following the House’s latest proposal that would cut $40 billion from the nutrition title, Senate and House Democrats have expressed their growing concerns about enacting farm legislation before the Sept. 30 deadline. They also cast some doubt on the likelihood of extending current law and maintaining “subsidies that everyone believes are a waste of taxpayer money.” read more
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Republicans' war on the environment: Time to counterattack
2013-08-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The Republican leaders in Congress look so grim and dour on TV, always denouncing this and that, and voting -- for the 40th time in the House on Friday -- to repeal the health care reform law known as Obamacare. Appearances are deceiving. If you read their tweets, you'll quickly identify one thing close to the hearts of House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell: These guys love coal. They're out front going backwards. They want to strip the EPA of authority to...
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Republicans Say Obama Comments Jeopardize Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-08-01 08:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's recent comments on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, downplaying jobs that would be created, jeopardize the project by adding to its uncertainty, Republican lawmakers said in a letter to the president on Wednesday. "We are concerned that your recent statements have signaled an arbitrary and abrupt shift in how our nation approves cross-border energy projects," Republican Representatives Fred Upton, Ed Whitfield, and Lee Terry said in a letter. Obama has said twice over the...
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Republicans say Obama comments jeopardize Keystone XL pipeline
2013-07-31 13:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's recent comments on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, downplaying jobs that would be created, jeopardize the project by adding to its uncertainty, Republican lawmakers said in a letter to the president on Wednesday. "We are concerned that your recent statements have signaled an arbitrary and abrupt shift in how our nation approves cross-border energy projects," Republican Representatives Fred Upton, Ed Whitfield, and Lee Terry said in a letter. Obama has said twice over...
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