Big break for big oil, larger burden for taxpayers

By Aaron Mehta

Whistleblowers help recover half-billion in energy revenues - but billions more owed taxpayers on public lands use

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clinton administration":

"… Alberswerth, a former senior advisor at the Interior Department during the Clinton administration, said the industry has a key role in maintaining a broken system. He calls …"

The politics of energy: Oil and gas

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2003 — The sweeping energy bill now pending in Congress offers a geyser of new tax breaks and other government good

The Bay State's toxic legacy

By Beverly Ford

Despite the expenditure of millions in cleanup costs, 25 Massachusetts Superfund sites are still a toxic mess

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clinton administration":

"… vironmental quality for the Washington, DC-based Sierra Club.“During the Clinton administration, roughly 80 sites were getting cleaned up every year” nationally, he say …"

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The climate change lobby explosion

By Marianne Lavelle

Will thousands of lobbyists imperil action on global warming?

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"… still-developing countries like China to curb their carbon emissions. The Clinton administration never submitted Kyoto to the Senate for a ratification vote, and President …"

Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

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"… 30,000 to Kountoupes Consulting last quarter. That brought on board former Clinton administration congressional liaison Lisa Kountoupes, who also had been a staffer to Ener …"

Afghanistan: Heart of darkness

By Ahmed Rashid

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 5, 1999 — As the Taliban launch a new offensive against opposition forces, the threat which this Islamic regime pos

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"… lvement in the region since the end of the Cold War. From 1994 to 1997 the Clinton administration quietly allowed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to back the Taliban, seeing it a …"

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Lax enforcement of Title IX in campus sexual assault cases

By Kristin Jones

Feeble watchdog leaves students at risk, critics say

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"… ted that answer, though its own guidance, issued in the waning days of the Clinton administration, stated that “police investigations or reports … do not relieve the sc …"

"… say these signals are often confusing.On Jan.19, 2001, the last day of the Clinton administration, OCR issued its most recent sexual harassment guidance, a single docu …"

Outsourcing Big Brother

By Adam Mayle and Alex Knott

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2002 — The Total Information Awareness System, the controversial Pentagon research program that aims to gather and

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"… the components of TIA, such as Genoa, have been ongoing projects since the Clinton administration. And in the May 13, 1999, issue of Commerce Business Daily, a now-superced …"

Top 10 lobby firms take financial reform to the bank

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Just 10 Washington lobbying firms represented more than 130 key clients in the financial regulatory reform debate that is entering a crucial

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clinton administration":

"… a former senior adviser to then-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin during the Clinton administration and a former chief of staff to then-Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas. Levy’s …"

Obama’s new chief of staff sought to loosen post-Enron corporate reforms

By Michael Hudson

William M. Daley, President Barack Obama's new chief of staff, is a major Wall Street player who sought to loosen corporate reform laws and

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"… tiations, and global affairs.”Daley was Secretary of Commerce during the Clinton administration, and since leaving government he’s held posts in the highest reaches of …"

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