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Dems attacks GOP with phony tea partiers
2013-11-08 07:14:44| IT Services - Topix.net
All politics is local, so goes the old adage. So it was natural that we focused our attention on the Detroit mayoral race and regional matters on Election Day.
United Kingdom: Lib Dems to resist Tory plans to cut green taxes
2013-10-27 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Liberal Democrats will resist Conservative plans to to cut green taxes that add to the public's energy bills, Danny Alexander has said. The chief secretary to the Treasury told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show that the taxes, which amount to about 4% of the average bill, are vital to Britain's long-term commitments to funding renewable sources of energy and are a fixed Liberal Democrat policy. His stance has signalled a hardening of the entrenched positions between the two coalition parties over...
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Lib Dems want benefit change review
2013-09-16 20:23:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Lib Dem activists back a review of a key housing benefit change but narrowly reject calls for the top rate of income tax to rise.
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United Kingdom: Lib Dems' green boast under threat as party votes for nuclear
2013-09-15 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Liberal Democrats have embraced nuclear power for the first time in their 25-year history on the grounds that it will help Britain tackle climate change. In a historic reversal of policy, hundreds of members on Sunday voted in favour of accepting a "limited" role for atomic power plants in a safe and affordable way. Grassroots Liberal Democrats appeared to be in a pragmatic mood as they also backed the leadership over the controversial issues of tuition fees and fracking on the second day...
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House Dems to Interior: Fracking Rule is Too Weak
2013-08-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Senior Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee say the Interior Departments draft plan to regulate oil and gas fracking is too weak and even worse than an earlier proposal. Ranking Democrat Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and five colleagues, in a letter, say the rule gives industry too much leeway to avoid chemical disclosure requirements by claiming trade secrets. The lawmakers also say the rule would allow many wells in a given oil and gas field to escape oversight, alleging it assumes...
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