"Can Cruz Win the Oil Primary?"
"Even in a strongly pro-fossil-fuel GOP presidential field, Ted Cruz stands out for his devotion to his home-state oil industry and its agenda."
Source: Politico, 03/24/2015
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"House Panel To Vote on Oil Export Bill"
"House lawmakers will vote [this] week on a bill that would lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports."
Source: The Hill, 03/23/2015
"New Plan Seeks To Turn Chicken Manure To Energy"
"A New Hampshire-based company has teamed with poultry giant Perdue to propose a $200 million plant on the Eastern Shore to extract energy from chicken manure, offering its plan as a viable remedy for the farm pollution fouling the Chesapeake Bay."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 03/23/2015
Climate-Sceptic US Senator Given Funds By BP Political Action Committee
"One of America’s most powerful and outspoken opponents of climate change regulation received election campaign contributions that can be traced back to senior BP staff, including chief executive Bob Dudley."
Source: Guardian, 03/23/2015
"New Federal Rules Are Set for Fracking"
"The Obama administration on Friday unveiled the nation’s first major federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, a technique for oil and gas drilling that has led to a significant increase in American energy production but has also raised concerns about health and safety risks."
Source: NY Times, 03/23/2015
Coal: When Legally Liable, Companies Don't Dispute Global Warming"
"U.S. coal companies that are publicly skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory financial disclosures the widely accepted scientific link between fossil fuel emissions and a warming planet, a Greenwire analysis has found."
Source: Greenwire, 03/20/2015
"McConnell Urges States to Help Thwart Obama’s ‘War on Coal’"
"Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has begun an aggressive campaign to block President Obama’s climate change agenda in statehouses and courtrooms across the country, arenas far beyond Mr. McConnell’s official reach and authority."
Source: NY Times, 03/20/2015
House Energy Committee Wants To Undercut The EPA’s Coal Ash Regulations
"A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee debated Wednesday whether to undercut the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s rule on disposing of coal ash, a toxic byproduct of burning coal. The debate came just a day before the Sierra Club announced a new lawsuit against Dominion Power over coal ash pits leaking into the Elizabeth River, 25 miles outside Virginia Beach."
Source: Climate Progress, 03/20/2015
"Seventh SC Coastal Town on Record Against Offshore Drilling"
"The town of James Island has gone on record against drilling for oil and natural gas off the South Carolina coast."
Source: AP, 03/20/2015
"Feds Sell Nearly 1 Million Acres for Gulf Offshore Drilling"
"Federal officials brought in $539 million in high bids Wednesday for the rights to drill for oil and natural gas in almost 1 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: The Hill, 03/19/2015
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